Tolata (Tolata)
Tolata (Tulata) is a locality in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Tolata Municipality, the third municipal section of the Germán Jordán Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 2,207.
In January 1974, workers from Manaco shoe factory (founded by the Bata Corporation) in Quillacollo launched protests against the rising cost of staple foods. They held an assembly to make demands from the government, then blockaded the roads connecting Quillacollo. Peasant and worker groups in surrounding areas supported the action, and the government responded swiftly, with an armed occupation of Quillacolo and nearby villages. Up to 200 peasants in Tolata were killed by the Bolivian military.
In January 1974, workers from Manaco shoe factory (founded by the Bata Corporation) in Quillacollo launched protests against the rising cost of staple foods. They held an assembly to make demands from the government, then blockaded the roads connecting Quillacollo. Peasant and worker groups in surrounding areas supported the action, and the government responded swiftly, with an armed occupation of Quillacolo and nearby villages. Up to 200 peasants in Tolata were killed by the Bolivian military.
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Country - Bolivia
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The sovereign state of Bolivia is a constitutionally unitary state, divided into nine departments. Its geography varies from the peaks of the Andes in the West, to the Eastern Lowlands, situated within the Amazon basin. One-third of the country is within the Andean mountain range. With 1098581 km2 of area, Bolivia is the fifth largest country in South America, after Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia (and alongside Paraguay, one of the only two landlocked countries in the Americas), the 27th largest in the world, the largest landlocked country in the Southern Hemisphere, and the world's seventh largest landlocked country, after Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Chad, Niger, Mali, and Ethiopia.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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BOB | Boliviano | Bs | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AY | Aymara language |
QU | Quechua language |
ES | Spanish language |