Tola, Nicaragua

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.[1][2] Tola is a direct reference to the Toltec ancestry of the Nahuas in Nicaragua.[3][4][5] The indigenous inhabitants of Tola are the Nahuas.[6]

Tola
Municipality
Tola
Location in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 11°26′N 85°56′W
Country Nicaragua
DepartmentRivas
Area
 • Municipality184 sq mi (477 km2)
Population
 (2005)
 • Municipality22,012
 • Density120/sq mi (46/km2)
 • Urban
5,815

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".

11°26′N 85°56′W


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