Cocapata Municipality Explained

Official Name:Cocapata Municipality
Image Alt:Municipality in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
Native Name:Kukapata
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Cochabamba Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ayopaya Province
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Cocapata
Established Title:Foundation
Established Date:February 6, 2009
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-16.6667°N -96°W

Cocapata Municipality (Quechua: Kukapata) is the third municipal section of the Ayopaya Province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia.[1] [2] Its seat Cocapata had 411 inhabitants at the time of census 2001.[3]

Cocapata has many tourist attractions, as rock art (painting rocks) andean bear o (kucumari) the wild vicuñas in the region altamachi, many natural lakes which it has fish truchas and a variety of cultural heritage.

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References

  1. http://www.descentralizacion.org.bo/index.php?pg=/noticias/Nuevosmunicipioscreadosentre2005y2009/ www.descentralizacion.org.bo
  2. http://www.bolivia.com/noticIAS/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia42293.asp www.bolivia.com
  3. http://www.ine.gov.bo/ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia