Cotoca, Bolivia

Bolivia

Cotoca, Bolivia participates in 7 Bunkabop connections with 1119 other places across 5 topics, anchored in religion, archaeology, cuisine, and history. The Catholic Church authorized a shrine to the Virgen de Cotoca in 1799, an image of Mary associated with the town. Chané people, known for ceramics, once cultivated settlements in the area. Cotoca also lends its name to a traditional arepa recipe cited in accounts of the dish across South America. Converso settlers reached Cotoca as part of the spread of partial Jewish heritage through Santa Cruz families.