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Vacas
Wak'as
Municipality
Vacas with its lakes Pilawit'u on the left and Qullpaqucha in the center
Vacas with its lakes Pilawit'u on the left and Qullpaqucha in the center
Vacas is located in Bolivia
Vacas
Vacas
Location of the Quillacollo Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°36′0″S 65°36′0″W / 17.60000°S 65.60000°W / -17.60000; -65.60000
Country Bolivia
DepartmentCochabamba Department
ProvinceArani Province
Cantons1
Foundation1986
SeatVacas
Government
 • MayorTeófilo Vásquez Santos (2010)
Area
 • Total129 sq mi (334 km2)
Elevation
−11,100 ft (3,400 - 4,420 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total12,511
 • Density110/sq mi (44/km2)
 • Ethnicities
Quechua
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)
Area code30502
Asiruqucha

Vacas Municipality (Quechua name: Wak'as, deriving from Wak'a) is the second municipal section of the Arani Province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Vacas known as the "Land of the potato" (Quechua: Papaq llaqtan, Spanish: La patria de la papa). During the Inca Empire Vacas served as a tampu along the Inca road system that led to Inkallaqta and Pocona.

It is bordered to the north by the Tiraque Province, to the west by the Arani Municipality, to the south by the Mizque Province and to the southeast by the Carrasco Province, and it is sized 334 km2.[1]

  1. ^ "Estadísticas e Indicadores Sociodemográficos Productivos y Financieros por Municipio (INE) 2005". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-10-09.

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