Toco, Cochabamba

Toco (also: Toko ) is a town in the Cochabamba Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Toco is a central place of the municipality in the province of Germán Jordán Toko and is located on the 490 km ² large fertile plateau of the Valle Alto. The village lies at an altitude of 2740 m on the right bank of the Río Cliza, about 20 kilometers from the edge of the Cordillera Oriental, which in the north-east of Toco Plaza de San Benito rises to over 4,100 m.

Geography

Cliza is located in the transition zone between the Andes mountain range, the Cordillera Central and the Bolivian lowlands. The mean average temperature of the region is about 18 ° C (see climate chart Cochabamba ) and varies only slightly between 14 ° C in June / July and 20 ° C in October / November. Annual precipitation is only around 450 mm, with a pronounced dry season from May to September, with monthly rainfall less than 10 mm, and a humidity season from December to February 90 to 120 mm month precipitation.

Traffic

Toco located 45 km from Cochabamba, the capital of the department of the same name. From Cochabamba the paved highway Ruta 7 results in a southeasterly direction 33 km to Tolata, then a dirt road about 8 km south to Cliza and another 4 km to Toco.

Population

The population of the city has increased slightly over the past two decades:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, the region has a high proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Toko 97.3 % of the population speak the Quechua language.