Tapacarí, Thapa Qhari is a town and the capital of
Tapacarí Province in
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the " granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from ...
,
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. It is located at an elevation of 2,997 m. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 411.
Most of the population lives either in adjacent rural areas or in the city of
Cochabamba
Cochabamba (; ) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital (political), capital of the Cochabamba Department and the list of cities in Bolivia, fourth largest city in Bolivia, with ...
and they only occupy local dwellings during
carnival
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Carnival typi ...
or other festivals, or on business trips.
Important days include Independence Day on 6 August; the feast day of
Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berbers, Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia (Roman province), Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced th ...
on 28 August, and the large fiesta of the ''Virgen de Dolores'' (Our Lady of Sorrows) the third weekend of September. There is a food and textile fair in early September that brings in the rural population as well as city folk.
History
The name Tapacarí comes from the
Aymara
Aymara may refer to:
Languages and people
* Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language
** Aymara language, the main language within that family
** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...
words ''Thapa Qhari'', "nest of men", or settlement.
The town was founded on 23 January 1826, by
Antonio José de Sucre
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; 3 February 1795 – 4 June 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" (), was a Venezuelan general and politician who served as the president of Bolivia from 1825 to 1828. A close friend and associate ...
.
In June 1836 the Congress of Tapacarí was held in the town to address the issue of giving president
Andrés de Santa Cruz
Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (; 30 November 1792 – 25 September 1865) was a Bolivian general and politician who served as interim president of Peru in 1827, the interim president of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and the sixth president of ...
the power to establish the
Peru–Bolivian Confederation
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. The congress met for ten days under the chairmanship of vice-president
Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar. The congress granted the requested powers and granted other beneficences.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Populated places in Cochabamba Department
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