Cotoca

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Cotoca
Toun
Main kirk
Main kirk
Cotoca Municipality athin Andrés Ibáñez
Cotoca Municipality athin Andrés Ibáñez
Cotoca is located in Bolivie
Cotoca
Cotoca
Cotoca Municipality athin Andrés Ibáñez
Coordinates: 17°45′13″S 62°59′48″W / 17.75361°S 62.99667°W / -17.75361; -62.99667
Kintra Bolivie
Depairtment Santa Cruz Depairtment
ProvinceAndrés Ibáñez Province
MunicipalityCotoca
Area
 • Total8.35 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Elevation
363 m (1,191 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total26,305
 • Density3,200/km2 (8,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (BST)

Cotoca is a canton an municipality o Andrés Ibáñez Province in Santa Cruz Depairtment, Bolivie. The municipality consists o twa cantons - Cotoco itsel an Puerto Pailas. In 2010 it haed an estimatit population of 23,951 for the canton and 56,451 for the municipality.[1]

In 1799, the Catholic Kirk authorisit the biggin o a shrine tae the Virgen de Cotoca, an image o Mary (mither o Jesus) that wis seen in the toun. The Virgin is nou the patron saunt o the entire province o Santa Cruz an her feast frae 8 tae 15 Dizember draws thoosans o Bolivies.[2]

The population increased tenfauld in the last fowerty years:

Year Canton Municipality
1976 2,107[3]
1992 9,229[4] 21,252 [5]
2001 15,181[6] 36,425[7]
2009 23 951[8] 56,451[9]

Politics[eedit | eedit soorce]

In the Bolivie regional election, 2010, Cotoca placit the Verdes pairty o Govrenor Rubén Costas first, awtho bi less nor the oweraw result for the province:[10]

Pairty Votes % % athort Depairtment
Verdes (Bolivie) 5,623 34.0% 50.6%
MAS 3,533 21.4% 36.3%
Tiluchi 3149 19.1% n/a
SOL 3067 18.6% n/a
ASIP 703 4.3% n/a
Broad Front (MNR & Autonomia) 453 2.7% 4,3%

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. World Gazetteer[deid airtin]
  2. See Virgen de Cotoca
  3. Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population
  4. "Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992". Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 6 Mairch 2013.
  5. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992". Archived frae the original on 23 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 6 Mairch 2013.
  6. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001". Archived frae the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 6 Mairch 2013.
  7. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2001". Archived frae the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 6 Mairch 2013.
  8. "World Gazetteer". Archived frae the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  9. Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Proyecciones Archived 2012-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 1,59 MB)
  10. [1] Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine [2]