Back Totora (lungsod sa Bolibiya, Departamento de Cochabamba) CEB Totora (Cochabamba) German Totora (Cochabamba) Spanish Totora (Cochabamba) French Totora (Cochabamba) Dutch Totora (Cochabamba) NB T'utura (Quchapanpa) Quechua Totora, Cochabamba SCO Totora, Cochabamba Swedish Totora, Cochabamba WAR
Totora | |
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Town | |
 Skyline, 2012 | |
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| Nickname: City of the Pianos | |
 Location of Cochabamba Department in Bolivia | |
  Totora Location of in Cochabamba Department | |
| Coordinates: 17°44′8″S 65°11′31″W / 17.73556°S 65.19194°W | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Department | Cochabama |
| Province | Carrasco |
| Settled | 24 June 1876 |
| Incorporated (city) | 27 October 1894 |
| Named for | Tjutura, now-extinct aquatic plant from the area |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council government |
| • Mayor | Emilio Mérida Meneces (MAS-IPSP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42 km2 (16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,805 m (9,203 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1,925 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Totoreños |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Quechua | 88.6% |
| • Aymara | 2.2% |
| • Guaraní | 1.4% |
| • Chiquitano | 0.3% |
| • Other | 7.3% |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Country code | +591 4 |
| Website | www |
Totora (/toʊtʊərɑː/) (in Hispanicized spelling), Tutura or T'utura (Aymara and Quechua for Schoenoplectus californicus, an aquatic plant)[2][3][4] is a town in the Carrasco Province of the Cochabamba Department in Bolivia. It is the capital and most-populous place of the Totora Municipality. As of the 2012 census, the population is 1,925. The first settlers were the Inca. Totora was officially settled in 1876, and declared a town by the Government of Bolivia in 1894.
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- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)