Arani Municipality is the first
municipal section of the
Arani Province in the
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa Jach'a Suyu, es, Departamento de Cochabamba , qu, Quchapampa Suyu), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the ...
,
Bolivia. Its seat is
Arani. At the time of census 2001 the municipality had 11,542 inhabitants.
[Instituto Nacional de Estadística]
It is bordered to the north by the
Tiraque Province
Tiraque is a province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Tiraque.
Subdivision
The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons.
Shinahota Municipality (formerly Shinahota ...
, to the east by the
Vacas Municipality, to the south by the
Mizque Province
Mizque (from Quechua: ''misk'i'', meaning "sweet") is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Mizque.
The province, in 1992, had a population of 27,959 inhabitants, mostly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent. In 20 ...
and to the west by the
Punata Province.
Subdivision
The municipality consists of the following three cantons:
Population
The people are predominantly
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of
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 ...
descent.
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Festivities
Every year on August 24 the population of Arani celebrates one of its most important Catholic festivities,
Virgen La Bella, dedicated to the
Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
, whose image is venerated with much devotion by the residents and people from abroad.
File:Virgen María La Bella.JPG, Virgen María La Bella
File:Santuario de la Virgen La Bella 2.JPG, San Bartolomé church in Arani which keeps the shrine of the Virgen La Bella
See also
*
K'illi K'illi
References
External links
Arani Municipality: Population data and map
{{Cochabamba Department
Municipalities of the Cochabamba Department