• Source: Vacas, Cochabamba

Vacas (Quechua name: Wak'as, deriving from Wak'a) is a Bolivian village in the southeast of the Cochabamba Department. It is the capital of the Vacas Municipality, the second municipal section of the Arani Province. Vacas is located about 85 km far from Cochabamba and about 30 km far from Arani.
The people living in Vacas and surrounding areas are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent. During the Inca period Vacas served as a tampu along the Inca road system that led to Inkallaqta and Pocona. Later on, during the colonial period, it was founded under the name of "Santa Bárbara de Bacas".
Vacas is situated in a rural environment in the altitudes of the Cono Sur (Southern Cone) of Cochabamba. The climate is suitable for the cultivation of potatoes, wheat, barley, broad bean and oat. Vacas is known as the "Land of the potato" (Quechua: Papaq llaqtan, Spanish: La patria de la papa). The fields are prepared with the help of yokes of oxen. The cultivation of the soil is supplemented by animal husbandry of cows, sheep, pigs and hens.




Education



As to education all types of schools are available in or next to Vacas.

Preschool education: Guardería Sagrado Corazón de Jesús.
Primary school: Escuela Unidad Experimental, founded in 1862
Secondary school: Colegio Profesor Toribio Claure
Higher education: Ismael Montes Teacher Training College (Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros "Ismael Montes" or ESFM "Ismael Montes") (in Challwa Mayu)




Festivities



May 4: Santa Vera Cruz Tatala
May or June: Corpus Christi
June 29: Saint Peter
July 16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patron saint of Bolivia
October 15: Anniversary of Vacas Municipality
December 4: Saint Barbara, Anniversary of Vacas




Fairs


April: Fish, potato and crafts fair




See also


Asiru Qucha
Parqu Qucha
Qullpa Qucha




External links


Map of Arani Province
Map of Vacas Municipality
Images of Vacas
Betty Veizaga and the group Pukaj Wayra: Aires de mi tierra (Takipayanaku)
Radio Chiwalaki in Vacas (Spanish)
Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros Ismael Montes (Spanish)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Provinsi di Bolivia
• Vacas, Cochabamba
• Puya raimondii
• Vacas (disambiguation)
• Betty Veizaga
• Vacas Municipality
• Cochabamba Department
• Q'illu Q'asa (Cochabamba)
• Asiru Qucha
• Pilawit'u
• Sabina Orellana