Bolivia, however, they were able to settle mostly in the yungas. The term could have begun as a demonym ther. e, and then spread to the rest of eastern Bolivia.

Another hypothesis states that the word camba comes from a town in Galicia, called Cambados. Some dispute this theory considering it to be improbable, insulting or politically incorrect to have a nickname for "cruceños" (persons from Santa Cruz) with an African origin. They support