Chimoré Municipality is the fourth
municipal section of the
Carrasco Province
Carrasco is a province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Totora.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:
Subdivision
Carrasco Province is divided into six municipalities whic ...
in the
Cochabamba Department,
Bolivia
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. Its seat is
Chimoré.
This municipality was created in 1984 by Law number 633 of September 13, 1984, encompassing the towns of San Isidro,
Senda III, La Victoria, Santa Rosa, Todos Santos, Puerto Alegre, Entre Rios Tacuaral,
Puerto Aurora,
Senda F, Senda D, Senda B y
Cesarzama.
It is bordered by the rivers
Ichilo
Ichilo River is a Bolivian river at the foot of the Eastern Andes-Cordillera in South America. It lends its name to the Ichilo Province, one of the 15 provinces of the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia.
Location
Ichilo River has its source in M ...
,
Chimoré and
Chapare.
Subdivision
The municipality consists of only one
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
, Chimoré Canton. It is identical to the municipality.
The people
The people are predominantly
indigenous citizens of
Quechuan
Quechua (, ; ), usually called ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Peruvian Andes. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely ...
descent. There are also groups of
Yuracaré along Chapare River like in the communities of Ibare, Puerto Cochabamba and Nueva Esperanza.
Languages
The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly
Spanish and
Quechua.
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References
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia
External links
Population data and map of Chimoré Municipality
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Municipalities of the Cochabamba Department