Tolata Municipality Explained

Official Name:Tolata Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Cochabamba Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Germán Jordán Province
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Tolata
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:President
Established Title:Foundation
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:5,316
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-17.5333°N -66°W

Tolata Municipality is the third municipal section of the Germán Jordán Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tolata.

History

Tolata was the site of a massacre of approximately 100 peasants by the Banzer regime in January 1974.[1] [2]

References

Notes and References

  1. http://countrystudies.us/bolivia/85.htm Rex A. Hudson and Dennis M. Hanratty, editors. Bolivia: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1989.
  2. http://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/western-hemisphere-region/bolivia-1917-present/ Bolivia (1917-present)