Pasorapa, which comes from ''paso rápido'', (quick step), is a small town in Bolivia located in the southeast of the department of

Cochabamba Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa; qu, Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 630 ...

. Pasorapa lies at an elevation of 2,364 m. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 1,114. Most of the inhabitants speak

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, but some others speak

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

. There are no documents about the foundation of the town, but a stone was found during the reconstruction of the church in 1952, with the following legend on it: “This church started to be built on October 8, 1782, with Don Juan Gutierrez being the priest” The main activity of this place is to raise cattle and farming, It is a very dry area, so they have an artificial lake. It has its well, which is 66 meters deep. The closest city to Pasorapa is

, the third largest city in Bolivia. Many people, mainly young adults, would move from Pasorapa to the main cities such as Cochabamba, Sucre, and Santa Cruz. Most of these people travel to Santa Cruz so they may have better job opportunities.

René Barrientos René Barrientos Ortuño (30 May 1919 – 27 April 1969) was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as the 47th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1964 to 1966 and from 1966 to 1969. During much of his first term, ...

, president of Bolivia between 1964 and 1969, built the first road of Pasorapa that connected it to the rest of Bolivia. In March 2010, municipal authorities created a new nature reserve of 179,614 hectares (693 sq. mi), comprising 76% of Pasorapa municipality. Authorities are hoping to protect the natural resources and biodiversity of the region, such as the

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and endangered

red-fronted macaw The red-fronted macaw (''Ara rubrogenys'') is a parrot endemic to a small semi-desert mountainous area of Bolivia. It is a critically endangered species; it has been successfully bred in captivity, and is available, if not common, as a pet. It ...

References

Pasorapa reserva natural

External links

Population data and map of Pasorapa Municipality
{{Authority control Populated places in Cochabamba Department