# Caracollo

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For the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, see [Q'ara Qullu](/source/Q'ara_Qullu).

**Caracollo** (Hispanicized spelling), **Q'araqullu** or **Q'ara Qullu** ([Aymara](/source/Aymara_language) *q'ara* bald, *qullu* mountain,[1] "bald mountain") is a small town in [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia). It is situated in the [Cercado Province](/source/Cercado_Province_(Oruro)) of the [Oruro Department](/source/Oruro_Department). In 2010 it had an estimated population of 5,429.[2] Located at the place where the highway from [La Paz](/source/La_Paz) splits into two roads towards [Cochabamba](/source/Cochabamba) and [Oruro](/source/Oruro,_Bolivia), the town is a frequent starting point for long marches intended to influence the Bolivian government.

## References

1. ["World Gazetteer"](http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-38&srt=npan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x)[dead link]

- [National Institute of Statistics in Bolivia](https://web.archive.org/web/20110924073930/http://www.ine.gob.bo/)

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