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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