Colla (demonym)

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Colla is a demonym used in Bolivia to refer to peoples of the western Andean part of country including those of the capital cities of La Paz and the countryside around. Culturally, collas are differentiated from the rest of Bolivia by their Andean heritage including a history of Inca rule in the late 15th and early 16th century. [1] Many collas also stand out by their use of Quechua in addition to Spanish. [1] The use of the demonym colla is particularly common among eastern Bolivians. [2] Collas are often contrasted with the lowland camba demonym.

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  1. 1 2 Mariscal, Aarón (2018). "¿Cambas y collas? Bolivia explicada para extranjeros". Medium (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  2. "colla". Diccionario de americanismos (in Spanish). Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española . Retrieved 2025-01-20.