Arani Province

Arani
Arani
	Province
	Lake Parququcha, Vacas
	Location o the Arani Province athin Bolivie
	Provinces o the Cochabamba Depairtment
	Coordinates: 17°37′S 66°05′W / 17.617°S 66.083°W
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Cochabamba Depairtment
Municipalities	2
Cantons	4
Foondation	24 November 1914
Caipital	Arani
Area
• Total	2245 km2 (867 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	24,053
• Density	47.54/km2 (123.1/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Quechua
Area code(s)	BO.CB.AR

Arani is a province in Cochabamba Depairtment, Bolivie. Its caipital is Arani, situatit aboot 53km frae Cochabamba. Arani is kent for its breid but for the toun's artisan wickerwirk an aw.

Subdiveesion

The province is dividit intae twa municipalities which are further subdividit intae fower cantons.

Section	Municipality	Inhabitants ^[1]	Seat	Inhabitants ^[2]
1st	Arani	11,542	Arani	3,512
2nt	Vacas	12,511	Vacas	650

Arani Municipality consists o three cantons, Arani, Pocoata an Collpaciaco. Vacas Municipality is no further subdividit, sae Vacas Canton an Vacas Municipality are identical.

Population

The fowk in the Arani Province are mainly indigenous ceetizens o Quechua strynd.^[3]

Ethnic group	Arani Municipality	Vacas Municipality
Quechua	87.2	94.4
Aymara	0.4	0.2
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0.2	0.0
No indigenous	12.1	5.4
Ither indigenous groups	0.1	0.1

Leids

The leids spoken in the Arani Province are mainly Quechua an Spaingie. The follaein table shows the nummer o those belangin tae the recognizit group o speakers.^[3]

Leid	Arani Municipality	Vacas Municipality
Quechua	10,347	11,662
Aymara	76	39
Guaraní	5	2
Anither native	5	2
Spaingie	7,082	4,236
Foreign	49	11
Anerlie native	3,902	7,540
Native an Spaingie	6,467	4,131
Anerlie Spaingie	615	106

Tourism

Festivals an Fairs:

14 August – 15: Saunt Isidore the Laborer in Qullpayaku, 2 days
24 August – 25: Virgen la Bella in Arani, 2 days
September 20: Fermers' fair in Tacopaya, 1 day
3rd week in November: Bread fair in Arani, 1 day
4 December: Saunt Barbara in Vacas

Ither tourist attractions include the kirk o Saunt Bartholomew (San Bartolomé) in Arani, biggit in 1610, which is dedicatit tae the Virgen la Bella, an the lakes in Vacas Municipality: Parququcha, Asiruqucha, Junt'utuyu, Pilawit'u, Qullpaqucha an Yanatama.

Vacas wi twa o its lakes: Pilawit'u on the left an Qullpaqucha in the center
San Bartolomé kirk in Arani which keeps the shrine o the Virgen La Bella
The giant Puya raimondi plants grow on Khurupampa muntain in the Vacas Municipality.
Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros Ismael Montes in Challwamayu