Colla (demonym)

Not to be confused with the Qulla, an indigenous ethnic group in the Andes.

Colla is a demonym used in Bolivia to refer to peoples of western of Andean part of country including those of the capital cities of La Paz and Sucre and the countryside around. Culturally the 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.

## See also

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* Aymara people
* Chapaco
* Colla Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ a b 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.