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Tola
Municipality
TolaLocation in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 11°26′N 85°56′W / 11.433°N 85.933°W / 11.433; -85.933
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Rivas
Area
• Municipality	184 sq mi (477 km)
Population
• Municipality	22,012
• Density	120/sq mi (46/km)
• Urban	5,815

Tola is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. Tola means "Land of Tula", or "Land of the Toltecs" and its etymology derives from Nahuatl Tōllān, the altepetl of the Classic and Post Classic Toltec Empire of central Mexico. Tola is a direct reference to the Toltec ancestry of the Nahuas in Nicaragua. The indigenous inhabitants of Tola are the Nahuas.

As of 2023, the estimated population of Tola is 23,927.

References

1. "Get to know Tola".
2. "Municipality of Tola".
3. "Migraciones de lengua Náhuatl hacia Centroamérica".
4. Brinton, Daniel G. (1887). "Were the Toltecs an Historic Nationality". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 24 (126): 229–241. JSTOR 983071.
5. "Las migraciones nahuas de México a Nicaragua según las fuentes históricas". 29 April 2006.
6. "Nahoas. Territorio indígena y gobernanza".
7. "Tola (Municipality, Nicaragua) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-07-30.

11°26′N 85°56′W / 11.433°N 85.933°W / 11.433; -85.933

v t e Rivas Department
Capital: Rivas
Municipalities	Altagracia Belén Buenos Aires Cárdenas Moyogalpa Potosí Rivas San Jorge San Juan del Sur Tola

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