Vacas, Cochabamba

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 / 17.57389°S 65.57944°W / -17.57389; -65.57944
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

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.

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.

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)

• 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.

• Aprile: Fish, potato an crafts fair

• Asiru Qucha
• Parqu Qucha
• Qullpa Qucha

• 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)