Coroico
Sign in to saveCoroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.
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- Settlement.official_name
- Coroico
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- Coroico town.jpg
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- 250px
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- Bolivia
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- bottom
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- Location in Bolivia
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- Country
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- 25px Bolivia
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- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- La Paz Department
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nor Yungas Province
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- Metric
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- 2001 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 12,237
- Settlement.population_rural
- 10,040
- Settlement.population_urban
- 2,197
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
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Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.
==History== Coroico Viejo (Old Coroico) was founded above the river Quri Wayq'u (Quechua quri gold, ''wayq'u valley, hispanicized spellings Coriguayco, Kori Huayco''). The town lived from mining gold, but the massive attacks by indigenous populations left the first Spanish colonial settlers in search of protection.