CAFAYATE

THE ORIGEN OF THE NAME IS QUICHUA OR QUECHUA, AS DENOMINATE IN PERU . THAT TRADITIONAL LANGUAJE GIVE THE MEANING OF ¨ CAJON OF WATER¨, WHICH IS ON THE REGIONALISM DICTIONARY OF SALTA BY DR JOSE VICENTE SOLA. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT, THE NAME IS FROM THE CACIQUE NAME. OTHER SAID THAT MEANING IS; BIG LAGOON ( CAPAC – YAC) THAT ORGANIZE THE WORD CAPAC- YACO.

LAFONE QUEVEDO SAID THAT THE NAME CAME OF THE VOICE CACANA EQUIVALENCE OF THE ¨SEPULTURAS DE LAS PENAS¨. SIROLLI, BELIVE IN THAT, IS COMING OF CAPAC- JEFE- BOSS, YACO- AGUA- WATER, THAT IS A MEANING APROXIMATING AS; LAGOON WHERE LIVE THE BOSS, OR LAGOON OF THE CACIQUE.

ACEPTING THE VERTIONS OF JOSE VICENTE SOLÁ AND THE HISTORIAN RODOLFO BRAVO ABOUT CAPAC- YACO THAT IS CAPAC= PUEBLO, VILLAGE AND AS A QUECHUA CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE WORDS, THE VILLAGE OF CAPAC, THE ORAL TRADITION SAID THAT THE CAPAC OR CAPAI MEANING RICH OR ABUNDANCE IS RECOMENDING ACEPT THE TRANSLATE OF Cafayate AS: THE VILLAGE WHAT HAVE ALL

FUNDATION

THE ORAL TRADITION SAID THAT, MISSIS JOSEFA ANTONIA FRIAS DE ARAMBURU, WIDOW OF MR IGNACIO ARAMBURU, MAYOR OF SALTA IN 1768, TERRATENIENTE OF THE CALCHAQUIES VALLEY, IS DECENDENSE OF CONQUEROR AND PACEFULL PERSONS; FROM HIS TREASURY IN SAN CARLOS WHERE HE LIVED IN 1826 HE DONATE THE VIRGIN OF THE ROSARIO. DONATE THE PLACE NECESARY OF HIS PROPERTY CALLED Cafayate SITUATED BETWEEN SANTA MARIA AND SAN CARLOS , TO THE FUNDATION OF THE VILLAGE, WITH HIS CHURCH AND HOUSE FOR THE PRIEST. THAT DONATION WAS ACEPTED FOR THE GOBERNATOR OF SALTA .

IN 1840 MR MANUEL FERNANDO DE ARAMBURU, COLONEL OF THE ROYAL ARMY AS PRIEST OF THAT CAPELLANIA AND CURRYING THE WISH OF HIS DIE MOTHER, FROM SALTA, WHERE LIVED HIS COUSIN MR ROSENDO FRIAS, TO MARK THE LAND OF THE VILLAGE. THAT WAS THE END OF THAT ACTIVITY. GROING UP THE IMPORTANCE MOVE THE OLD VILLAGE OF SAN CARLOS , SEPARATING OF THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF Cafayate IN 1863. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE CALCHAQUIES VALLEY AND FOR HIS WINE INDUSTRY, VARIETY OF PRODUCTS, WATERS PLENTY AND THE SPLENDOUR AND WONDERFUL OF HIS LANDSCAPES.