WHAT DOES ACHACACHI MEAN?

Jach’a k’achi. Big point. Achacachi means “Big point”, this name derives of the aymará language: “jach'a”, ‘big’ and “k'achi”, ‘point’.

Jachac jachi. Weeping people. There is another version about the origin of the word Achacachi. After the failed conquest invasion against the umasuyus, the Inca decided to make a pact. And to seal the pact the Inca gave in marriage a ñusta (virgin maiden that served in the temple of the Sun Island to the god Inti) to Zapana , the umasuyus’ leader.

So much would miss the ñusta for that she didn't stop of crying, so that, the place where they lived was called 'place where jachac jachi', that is to say place where the ‘whiners’ inhabit, since “jachac jachi” in aymará mean-literally- the whiner.

Other names of Achacachi

After de Spanish conquest, Achacachi was known as “Villa Lealtad de Caceres”, due to first landlord’s surname.

DISTRIBUTION	COMMEND OF	NUMBER OF INDIANS TRIBUTARIES	TOWN
LAXA	Joan despinoza	702	Ntra. Sra. Concepción
PUCARANI	Hernando Cherinos	1.227	Pucarani
GUARINA YAYA	Cosme de Gusman	197	Villa de Mérida
COPACAVANA	Maria de Salazar	1.041	Copacavana
ACHACACHE QUINAQUITARA	Diego de Çárate	1.713	Villa de Cáceres
CARABUCO	Marina Munarres	720	Carabuco
GUANGUASCO ANCORAIMES	Marina Munarres	150	Villa de Lanzas
CHUQUIABO	Joan Remon	436	San Pedro y San Pablo
GUAYCHO	Joan Ramírez	575	Guaycho
TOTAL		5.752

Source Relationship Of The Occupations That Are Provided In The Kingdom Of The Peru, Of People That Confer Them And Of The Wages Assigned To Them. Years 1578 at 1583"

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