Cachi Department

	Cachi Department Cachi is a department in the east of Salta Province, Argentina. Its capital is the town of Cachi. The total population was 2,189 as of 2015. Geography Localities and places: * Cachi * Escalchi * La Paya * Payogasta * Rancagua * San José de Cachi * San José de Escalchi References External links Cachi Department on Salta Province website Departments of Salta Province {{Salta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cachi, Argentina Cachi is a small city in Salta Province Argentina. It is the capital of the Cachi Department. Etymology Although it is often stated that the name is derived from Quechua Quechua may refer to: Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language So ...n and means ''salt'' since "the snow of this hill reminds of the color of salt," it is more likely that the name is of Cacán etymology : ''kak'' (stone) - ''chi'' (silence): silent stone. Location Cachi is found in the northern sector of the Calchaquí Valleys in Argentina, at the foot of the Nevado de Cachi that flanks it from the west. The Cafayate, La Poma, Tolombón, Santa María, etc.) and places of interest like the Salar de Pipanaco Climate Population The dynamic demographics are important: in 2001, 5254 people were counted, a 17.62% increase ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cachi Cachi may refer to: * Cachi, Argentina Cachi Department, Argentina Cachi, Costa Rica Lake Cachi, Costa Rica See also Cachy, a commune in France * Kachi (other) Kachi, Kacchi, Kachhi or Katchi may refer to: Places in Iran * Kachi, Ardestan, a village in Isfahan Province * Gachi, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Keychi, Isfahan, a village in Isfahan Province Places in South Asia * Kacchi Plain, an a ... {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Salta Province Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile. History Before the Spanish conquest, numerous native peoples (now called Diaguitas and Calchaquíes) lived in the valleys of what is now Salta Province; they formed many different tribes, the Quilmes and Humahuacas among them, which all shared the Cacán language. The Atacamas lived in the Puna, and the Wichís (Matacos), in the Chaco region. The first conquistador to venture into the area was Diego de Almagro in 1535; he was followed by Diego de Rojas. Hernando de Lerma founded San Felipe de Lerma in 1582, following orders of the viceroy Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa; the name of the city was soon changed to "San Felipe de Salta". By 1650, the city had around five hundred inhabitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Payogasta Payogasta is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ....Ministerio del Interior References {{coord, 25, 02, S, 66, 06, W, display=title, region:AR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Salta Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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