Arani Province
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.
Arani | |
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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 |
Subdiveesion eedit
The province is dividit intae twa municipalities which are further subdividit intae fower cantons.
Section | Municipality | Inhabitants [1] | Seat | Inhabitants [2] |
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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 eedit
The fowk in the Arani Province are mainly indigenous ceetizens o Quechua strynd.[3]
Ethnic group | Arani Municipality | Vacas Municipality |
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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 eedit
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 |
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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 eedit
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.
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San Bartolomé kirk in Arani which keeps the shrine o the Virgen La Bella
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The giant Puya raimondi plants grow on Khurupampa muntain in the Vacas Municipality.
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Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros Ismael Montes in Challwamayu
References eedit
- ↑ www.ine.gov.bo Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ world-gazetteer.com[deid airtin]
- ↑ a b obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)
- www.bolivia-online.net Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins eedit
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Arani Province. |
- Map o Arani Province Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine