Chimoré Municipality


Chimoré Municipality is the fourth municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. 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, Chimoré and Chapare.

Subdivision

The municipality consists of only one canton, Chimoré Canton. It is identical to the municipality.

The people

The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent. There are also groups of Yuracaré along Chapare River like in the communities of Ibare, Puerto Cochabamba and Nueva Esperanza.
Ethnic group%
Quechua67.6
Aymara5.1
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos2.0
Not indigenous20.1
Other indigenous groups5.1

Languages

The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly Spanish and Quechua.
LanguageInhabitants
Quechua9,596
Aymara965
Guaraní19
Another native424
Spanish11,530
Foreign128
Only native2,518
Native and Spanish7,811
Only Spanish3,726