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unusual facts about Vacas, Cochabamba



Alejandra Dorado

Dorado is a native of Cochabamba, Bolivia and majored in Fine Arts, with a minor in painting, at ARCIS (University of Art and Social Ciences) in Santiago, Chile.

Amboró National Park

The area is bordered to the north and south by two roads that connect the cities of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz.

Andean hairy armadillo

The Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi) is an armadillo present in Bolivia, in the region of the Puna, the departments of Oruro, La Paz, and Cochabamba (Gardner, 1993).

Augusto Céspedes Patzi

Augusto Céspedes Patzi (6 February 1904, Cochabamba - 9 May 1997, La Paz) was a Bolivian writer, politician, diplomat, and journalist.

Bach Festival

The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park in Winter Park, Florida, and the Bachfest Bolivia, celebrated yearly in Cochabamba each March since 2008.

Balmis Expedition

They took seven years and the toils of the voyage brought death to Salvany (Cochabamba, 1810).

Battle of Ingavi

During this period there were three different governments attempting to rule Bolivia; a legitimate government headquartered in Chuquisaca headed by José Mariano Serrano, another headquartered in Cochabamba headed by José Miguel de Velasco, and that of Ballivian headquartered in La Paz.

Bolivian Declaration of Independence

In Cochabamba on January 16, a cavalry squad of American Dragoons rose up in rebellion.

Bolivian football league system

In order to qualify for the Nacional B there are 9 subdivisions at the 3rd level: the Departmental Championships or Regional Leagues, which comprises teams from the different Departments of Bolivia: Santa Cruz, La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Oruro, Tarija Department, Beni Department Pando Department, Potosí

Brazilians in Bolivia

Thousands of Brazilians who live on Bolivian territory near the border with Brazil are suffering the threat of banishment because Bolivian President Evo Morales, under the claim of guaranteeing his country sovereignty, wants to settle four thousand peasant families from La Paz and Cochabamba, onto 200 thousand hectares located in the bordering region.

Cochabamba Fault Zone

The Cochabamba Fault Zone or Cochabamba Shear Zone is an east-southeast trending zone of sinistral strike-slip faults near the city of Cochabamba in the Bolivian Andes.

Diego de Egües y Beaumont

After the death of his father, he was appointed Mayor of Oropeza and the valley of Cochabamba.

Edgar Olivares

Edgar Rolando Olivares Burgoa (born January 26, 1977 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian football midfielder.

Epidendrum dendrobii

Epidendrum dendrobii is a terrestrial species of reed-stemmed Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae which grows on steep slopes in tropical montane cloud forests of Cochabamba, Bolivia and Venezuela at altitudes near 2.6 km.

Eugen von Boeck

Due to the renown the school achieved and the fame of the illustrious educator that surpassed the frontiers of Peru, he received the petition of being the founding Director of the first private school in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia in 1868: the “2 de Mayo” elementary school.

Eugenio Coter

On April 24, 2013, he was ordained bishop in the Cathedral Church of Riberalta by the bishops Luis Morgan Casey, vicar apostolic emeritus of Pando, cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Tito Solari Capellari, archbishop of Cochabamba.

Francisco Azuela

He later served as Director of the Library of the Chamber of Deputies of the State of Guanajuato (1991–1997), and became the CEO and founder of the El Condor de los Andes-Aguila Azteca AC, an international cultural center currently based in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia (1999).

Franz Calustro

Álvaro Franz Calustro Cárdenas (born March 9, 1974 in Cochabamba) is a retired Bolivian football midfielder.

Geology of Bolivia

The bend occurs at the latitude of Cochabamba and corresponds to eastward proyection of the Arica elbow, the bend of south Amicas coastline at the Peru-Chile border.

Gonzalo Galindo

Gonzalo Germán Galindo Sánchez (born October 20, 1974 in Cochabamba) was a Bolivian football midfielder.

History of La Paz

The country was divided in 5 departments: La Paz, Cochabamba, Potosí, Charkas and Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Human trafficking in Bolivia

The government continued to operate four specialized anti-trafficking police units in La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz, and Cochabamba, and made preparations to open an additional six units along the frontiers with Brazil, Argentina, and Peru in 2010 with the support of a foreign government.

Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory

The park was slated as the site of the Segment Two (of three) of the proposed Villa TunariSan Ignacio de Moxos Highway, which would provide the first direct highway link between Cochabamba and Beni Departments.

Llanos de Moxos

Most of the Llanos de Moxos lies within the departments of El Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, and Santa Cruz.

Los Ronisch

They originate from Cochabamba and are one of the most popular cumbia bands in South America.

Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas

Siles became President when Barrientos was killed in a helicopter crash near Arque, Cochabamba, on April 27, 1969.

Manfred Reyes Villa

Manfred Reyes Villa (born April 20, 1954) is a Bolivian politician, who was mayor of Cochabamba four times in a row and ran for the presidency in 2002 and 2009 against Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and Evo Morales Ayma.

Marcelo Torrico

Marcelo Ernesto Torrico Terán (born January 11, 1972 in Cochabamba) is a retired Bolivian football goalkeeper.

Marco Sandy

Marco Antonio Sandy Sansusty (born August 29, 1971 in Cochabamba) is a former Bolivian football defender.

Sandy made his international debut on January 29, 1993 in a friendly match against Honduras (3-1 win) in Cochabamba.

Nataniel Aguirre

Nataniel Aguirre (Cochabamba, Bolivia, October 10, 1843 – Montevideo, Uruguay, September 11, 1888), was a prominent Bolivian lawyer, diplomat, politician, writer, and historian.

Nuclear and radiation accidents

In Cochabamba a defective gamma radiography set was transported in a passenger bus as cargo.

Opinión

Opinión is a newspaper published in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence

In the 2009 election, its presidential candidate was Manfred Reyes Villa, former head of the New Republican Force, and former prefect of Cochabamba Department and former mayor of Cochabamba.

Reina Sudamericana 2005

Reina Sudamericana 2005, The 15th Reina Sudamericana Beauty Pageant was held in Cochabamba, Bolivia on October 14, 2005.

Richard Rojas

Richard José Rojas Guzmán (born February 27, 1975 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian football midfielder.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo

The diocese is headed by Bishop Francesco Beschi, and has a strong fraternal relationship with the city and the archdiocese of Cochabamba in Bolivia.

Rugby union in Bolivia

The confirmed roots of Bolivian rugby go back to the 1960s, when José Pipo Viale, from Córdoba, Argentina introduced the game to Cochabamba.

Víctor Castillo

Castillo cleared eight metres twice in May 2004, first with a jump of 8.03 m in Mexico City and then a personal best and Venezuelan national record of 8.34 m in Cochabamba.

Víctor Hugo Arévalo Jordán

Víctor Hugo Arévalo Jordán (born December 23, 1946 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian writer and noted university professor.

Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos Highway

The Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos Highway, also known as the Cochabamba–Beni Highway is a road project in Bolivia connecting the towns of Villa Tunari (in Cochabamba Department) and San Ignacio de Moxos (in Beni Department).

Proposals for a highway linking the region of San Ignacio de Moxos with Cochabamba have been raised perennially in the history of the region.

Ignacio Flores, the Spanish governor of Mojos proposed opening a road from Cochabamba to Mojos via the Chapare in 1780.

Vladimir Castellón

Vladimir Castellón Colque (born August 12, 1989 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian football striker currently playing for Club Aurora in Bolivia.

Water supply and sanitation in Latin America

The most notable cancellations include the concession for Aguas Argentinas in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the concessions for Cochabamba and La Paz, Bolivia.

Yuracaré language

Yuracaré (also Yurakaré, Yurakar, Yuracare, Yurucare, Yuracar, Yurakare, Yurujuré, Yurujare) is an endangered language isolate of central Bolivia in Cochabamba and Beni departments spoken by the Yuracaré people.


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