{"id":3974,"date":"2013-04-28T22:07:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T02:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/?page_id=3974"},"modified":"2015-02-20T23:47:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T03:47:53","slug":"pacajes-province","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/exploring-bolivia\/bolivia-index\/pacajes-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacajes Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3968\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_2893.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3968\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3968\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_2893.jpg\" alt=\"Stone Chulpa at Cerro Pirapi\" width=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_2893.jpg 427w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_2893-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stone Chulpa at Cerro Pirapi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pacajes is the southwestern-most province in La Paz Department. \u00a0As such, it borders on Chile, Oruro Department (Sajama and Nor Carangas provinces) and the La Paz Department provinces of Villarroel, Aroma, Ingavi and Pando. \u00a0Pacajes is almost entirely on the altiplano at altitudes of over 12,000 feet \u00a0and reaching beyond 18,000 feet at the peaks of some mountains (Cerro Anallajchi, for example, at 18,316 feet).<\/p>\n<p>Pacajes Province has some fascinating sites to visit:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2707\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MG_9168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2707\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MG_9168.jpg\" alt=\"Aliciya and Puya Raimondi\" width=\"427\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MG_9168.jpg 427w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MG_9168-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aliciya and Puya Raimondi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At\u00a0<a title=\"Comanche and the Queen of the Andes\" href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2012\/08\/28\/comanche-and-the-queen-of-the-andes\/\">Comanche<\/a>\u00a0you can see the famed Puya Raimondi, a high-altitude Bromeliad\u00a0with an\u00a0inflorescence\u00a0that can reach up to 33 feet in height and contain more than three thousand flowers and six million seeds when it finally flowers after 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>At\u00a0<a title=\"Caquiaviri and Pacajes Province\" href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2013\/01\/28\/caquiaviri-and-pacajes-province\/\">Caquiaviri<\/a>\u00a0visit the chapel of San Antonio Abad, one of the masterworks of sacred architecture on the Altiplano.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3965\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_2884.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3965\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3965\" src=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_2884.jpg\" alt=\"Chulpas at Cerro Pirapi\" width=\"427\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_2884.jpg 427w, http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_2884-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chulpas at Cerro Pirapi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A few miles beyond Caquiaviri is the funeral complex at <a title=\"Cerro Pirapi and Pirapi Chico Necropolis and Fortress\" href=\"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2015\/02\/20\/cerro-pirapi-and-pirapi-chico-necropolis-and-fortress\/\">Cerro Pirapi<\/a>, with numerous stone chulpas (tombs) with stonework to rival that of Cuzco, and (reportedly) a hilltop fortress.<\/p>\n<p>Chapels in Santiago de Callapa and Caquingora are well worth a look, as is the copper mining town of Corocoro, the necropolis of Rosario, with 35 chulpares, the fortresses of Jachaphasa and Chosi Kani and the City of Stone.<\/p>\n<p>Maps: \u00a0250k:\u00a0SE-19-6\u00a0Chara\u00f1a,\u00a0SE-19-7\u00a0Corocoro,\u00a0SE-19-3 La Paz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacajes is the southwestern-most province in La Paz Department. \u00a0As such, it borders on Chile, Oruro Department (Sajama and Nor Carangas provinces) and the La Paz Department provinces of Villarroel, Aroma, Ingavi and Pando. \u00a0Pacajes is almost entirely on the altiplano at altitudes of over 12,000 feet \u00a0and reaching beyond 18,000 feet at the peaks 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