Catacora

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'''Catacora''' is a location in the [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz Department]] in [[Bolivia]]. It is the location of the [[Catacora Municipality]], the second [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipal section]] of the [[José Manuel Pando Province]].

'''Catacora''' can also refer to the noble cacique family of the same last name. Their seat was in the city of [[Acora District|Acora]] in the Province of [[Puno]]. The Catacora were one of the few [[Cacique|Caciques]] in Peru to retain their prestige and land after the revolution of [[Túpac Amaru II|Túpac Amaru]] II. This was both due to their role in containing previous rebellions against the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]], which earned them recognition from the [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish Crown]] 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 [[Arequipa]] by the [[Spanish Empire]]. They send nearly 2000 men to fight in [[José de Canterac|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 [[José de la Serna e Hinojosa|Viceroy La Cerna]], that the Catacora capitulated. After the [[Peruvian War of Independence|war of independence]] they moved their seat to the small town of [[Caminaca District|Caminaca]] until the [[Hacienda|Hacienda system]] was finally disbanded with the agricultural revolution.

== See also == * [[Sirk'i (La Paz)|Sirk'i]] volcano

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia)]]