Catacora is a location in the La Paz Department in

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. It is the location of the

Catacora Municipality Catacora Municipality is the second municipal section of the José Manuel Pando Province José Manuel Pando is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was founded on April 22, 1986, during the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro. ...

, the second municipal section of the

José Manuel Pando Province José Manuel Pando is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was founded on April 22, 1986, during the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro. The province was named after José Manuel Pando (1848-1917) who was the president of Bolivi ...

. Catacora can also refer to the noble cacique family of the same last name. Their seat was in the city of

Acora Acora District is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region, Peru. History The city of Acora and the lands that are now part of the district were once the seat of the Caciques Catacora. Acora District was created by Law on ...

in the Province of

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. The Catacora were one of the few

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in Peru to retain their prestige and land after the revolution of

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II. This was both due to their role in containing previous rebellions against the

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, which earned them recognition from the

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and for their active role to fight the revolution. During the war of independence the Catacora remained loyal to Spain and held Acora and most of Puno in force. They played a mayor role in the reconquest of

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by the

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. They send nearly 2000 men to fight in Jose de Canterac's royalist army. It was only after the Spanish defeat in the Battle of Ayacucho, where all royalists troops were ordered to stand down by Viceroy La Cerna, that the Catacora capitulated. After the

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they moved their seat to the small town of Caminaca until the Hacienda system was finally disbanded with the agricultural revolution.

References

Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub