Vacas, Cochabamba

Vacas (Quechua name: Wak'as, derivin frae Wak'a) is a Bolivie veelage in the sootheast o the Cochabamba Depairtment. It is the caipital o the Vacas Municipality, the seicont municipal section o the Arani Province. Vacas is locatit aboot 85 km far frae Cochabamba an aboot 30 km far frae Arani.

Vacas Wak'as
Panoramic view o Vacas as seen frae Calvario de la Virgen Santa Bárbara
Vacas
Coordinates: 17°34′26″S 65°34′46″W
Kintra	Bolivie
Departament	Cochabamba Depairtment
Province	Arani Province
Municipality	Vacas Municipality
Govrenment
• Mayor	Teófilo Vásquez Santos
Elevation	3475 m (11,401 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	650
Time zone	UTC-4 (EST)
Area code(s)	00 591 4

The fowk livin in Vacas an surroondin auries are predominantly indigenous citizens o Quechuan strynd. Durin the Inka period Vacas servit as a tampu alang the Inca road seestem that led tae Inkallajta an Pocona. Later on, durin the colonial period, it wis foondit unner the name o "Santa Bárbara de Bacas".

Vacas is situatit in a landwart environment in the altitudes o the Cono Sur (Sooth cone) o Cochabamba. The climate is suitable for the cultivation o potatoes, wheat, barley, broad bean an oat. Vacas is kent as the "Laund o the potato" (Quechua: Papaq llaqtan, Spaingie: La patria de la papa). The fields are prepared wi the help o yokes o oxen. The cultivation o the soil is supplementit bi animal husbandry o cows, sheep, pigs an hens.

Education

Pupils o the Escuela Unidad Experimental in Vacas durin the parade o August 6

As tae education aw teeps o schuils are available in or next tae Vacas.

• Preschuil education: Guardería Sagrado Corazón de Jesús.
• Primar schuil: Escuela Unidad Experimental, foondit in 1862
• Secondar schuil: Colegio Profesor Toribio Claure
• Heicher education: Ismael Montes Teacher Training College (Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros "Ismael Montes" or ESFM "Ismael Montes") (in Challwa Mayu)

Festivities

Saunt Barbara kirk

• Mey 4: Santa Vera Cruz Tatala
• May or Juin: Corpus Christi
• Juin 29: Saunt Peter
• Julie 16: Oor Lady o Munt Carmel, patron saunt o Bolivie
• October 15: Anniversary o Vacas Municipality
• Dizember 4: Saunt Barbara, Anniversary o Vacas.

Fairs

• Aprile: Fish, potato an crafts fair

See also

• Asiru Qucha
• Parqu Qucha
• Qullpa Qucha

Freemit airtins

• Map of Arani Province Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Map of Vacas Municipality
• Images of Vacas
• Betty Veizaga and the group Pukaj Wayra: Aires de mi tierra (Takipayanaku)
• Radio Chiwalaki in Vacas Archived 2008-11-04 at the Wayback Machine (Spanisch)
• Escuela Superior de Formación de Maestros Ismael Montes Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine (Spanisch)