Torotoro, Bolivia

Toro Toro (or Toro Toro) is a village in the department of Potosí in the South American Andes State of Bolivia.

Location in near space

Toro Toro is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Toro Toro in the northern part of the province of Charcas. The village lies at an altitude of 2705 m 140 km south of Cochabamba in the center of the National Park Toro Toro.

History

Toro Toro was founded in the late colonial period, mestizos of internal migrants from Cochabamba. On November 21, 1883 him the status of a " municipality " has been granted. The municipality Toro Toro has an area of 1,169 km ² and a population of 10,535 inhabitants ( 2001 census ), which corresponds to a population density of 9 people per km ².

Geography

Toro Toro is located between the two Andean mountain range, the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental.

The climate is pleasantly balanced because of the altitude, but for much of the year, very dry. The mean average temperature of the region is about 18 ° C (see climate chart ), the monthly means vary only slightly between 14.5 ° C in July and 20 ° C from November to January. The annual rainfall is about 560 mm, with a very pronounced dry season from April to October month rainfall less than 25 mm, and a humidity season from December to February, more than 100 mm month precipitation.

Traffic network

Toro Toro is located in a linear distance of 160 kilometers north of Potosí, the capital of the department. The village can only be reached on a gravel road about Estancia Sucusuma on the Rio Caine from the direction of Cochabamba.

Population

The population of the town has risen in the past two decades to a multiple of:

Due to the historically evolved population distribution, it presents a significant proportion of Quechua population in the municipality of Toro Toro 99.1 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.