Pocona

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pocona (Quechua: Puquna) is a location in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pocona Municipality, the third municipal section of the Carrasco Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 244. Cochabamba (from Quechua: kjocha, meaning "lake", pampa meaning "plain") is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. Cochabamba is known as the "City of Eternal Spring" and "The Garden City" due to its spring-like temperatures year round. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000. Its capital is the city of Cochabamba. The Cochabamba valley was inhabited for over a thousand years due to its fertile productive soils and climate. Archaeological evidence suggests that the initial valley inhabitants were of various ethnic indigenous groups. Inca, Tupuraya, Mojocoya, Omereque, and Tiwanaku inhabited the valley at various times before the Spanish arrived.

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