Totora Municipality
Totora Municipality is the first municipal section of the Carrasco Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Totora.
Totora
T'utura | |
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Municipality | |
![]() ![]() Totora Location within Bolivia | |
Coordinates: 17°42′S 65°11′W | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | Cochabamba Department |
Province | Carrasco Province |
Seat | Totora |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nicolas Rosas Jaldin |
• President | Gabriel Zurita |
Elevation | 9,200 ft (2,800 m) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 12,961 |
• Ethnicities | Quechua |
Time zone | UTC-4 (-4) |
Subdivision
Totora Municipality is divided into four cantons.
Canton | Inhabitants (2001)[1] | Seat |
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Totora Canton | 10,203 | Totora |
Arepucho Canton | 360 | Arepucho |
Icuna Canton | 199 | Icuna |
Tiraque "C" Canton | 2,199 | Tiraque "C" |
Languages
The languages spoken in the municipality are mainly Quechua and Spanish.[2]
Language | Inhabitants |
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Quechua | 11,671 |
Aymara | 72 |
Guaraní | 7 |
Another native | 16 |
Spanish | 4,967 |
Foreign | 32 |
Only native | 7,060 |
Native and Spanish | 4,645 |
Only Spanish | 322 |
References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística
- obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)
External links
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