Coroico

Also known as Quruyqu

Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.

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Settlement.official_name: Coroico
Settlement.image_skyline: Coroico town.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bolivia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Bolivia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: 25px Bolivia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: La Paz Department
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nor Yungas Province

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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.