Torotoro, Bolivia

Toro Toro (or Torotoro) is a town in the

Charcas Province Charcas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is San Pedro de Buena Vista (955 inhabitants in 2001).Potosí Department Potosí (; Aymara language, Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a Departments of Bolivia, department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí. It is most ...

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. Torotoro was founded in the late colonial period by

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migrants from

Cochabamba Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa; qu, Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 63 ...

and legally confirmed as a municipality (''

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'') on 21 November 1883. The municipality has an area of 1,169 km² and a population of 10,535 (2001). Torotoro lies at an altitude of 2,676 m. It can only be reached by gravel roads from Estancia Sucusuma at the

Río Caine Caine is a river located in the eastern cordilleras of the Bolivian Andes in South America. It flows through the Cochabamba Department and the Potosí Department Potosí (; Aymara: ''Putusi''; qu, P'utuqsi) is a department in southwestern ...

. The town is at the centre of

Torotoro National Park Torotoro National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Torotoro) is a national park and town in Bolivia. The town was founded about 250 years ago by the Quechuas and the Spanish. It is located in the eastern mountain ranges of the South American Andes co ...

. It is 140 km south of

. {{Potosí Department Populated places in Potosí Department