Tolata Municipality is the third municipal section of the Germán Jordán Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Tolata.
Tolata Municipality | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Tolata Municipality Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 17°32′S 66°0′W / 17.533°S 66.000°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Cochabamba Department |
| Province | Germán Jordán Province |
| Seat | Tolata |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 5,316 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
History
editTolata was the site of a massacre of approximately 100 peasants by the Banzer regime in January 1974.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Rex A. Hudson and Dennis M. Hanratty, editors. Bolivia: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1989.
- ^ Bolivia (1917-present), Dynamic Analysis of Dispute Management (DADM) Project
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE)
17°32′00″S 66°00′00″W / 17.5333°S 66°W