Carmen Pampa
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Carmen Pampa is a community in Bolivia
situated 112 km from La Paz
. Carmen Pampa is in the municipality of Coroico
, the capital of the Nor Yungas Province of the La Paz Department, Bolivia. According to Holdridge life zones
classification , it is ecologically a premontane tropical moist forest. The population is composed mainly of Aymara people, mostly farmers. The community also hosts the Unidad Académica Campesina-Carmen Pampa
(UAC-Carmen Pampa) and the San Francisco Xavier High School.
, chosen by Matilde Belmonte, mother of the patrón of the new hacienda. After Bolivia's agrarian reform
, most of the land was given to the hacienda's peons, and the remaining land was sold to Carlos López Videla Guamán.
Xavierian brothers bought land in the Carmen Pampa to open a high school in 1962. The Colegio San Francisco Xavier, under the direction of Brother Niles "Nilo" Cullen, received the best students from all over the Prelature (later, Diocese
) of Coroico, then under Msgr. Thomas Manning. The ideals of the high school were "Trabajo, Estudio, Deporte y Religión" ("Work, Study, Sports and Religion").
With the departure of Brother Nilo from Carmen Pampa in 1983, Franciscan Sister Mary Damon Nolan was made principal. The Xaverian Brothers closed the high school in 1997 and left the infrastructure to the UAC-Carmen Pampa.
The UAC-Carmen Pampa, part of the Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo", was founded in Carmen Pampa in 1993 by Sister Mary Damon Nolan. Its mission is to make higher education available to young people from rural areas, and offers a Licenciatura (B.S.-equivalent) in Agronomy, Veterinary/Animal Science, Nursing and Education, and a technical degree in Tourism.
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
situated 112 km from La Paz
La Paz
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
. Carmen Pampa is in the municipality of Coroico
Coroico
Coroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.-History:Coroico Viejo was founded above the Kori Huayco River...
, the capital of the Nor Yungas Province of the La Paz Department, Bolivia. According to Holdridge life zones
Holdridge life zones
The Holdridge life zones system is a global bioclimatic scheme for the classification of land areas. It was first published by Leslie Holdridge in 1947, and updated in 1967. It is a relatively simple system based on few empirical data, giving objective mapping criteria...
classification , it is ecologically a premontane tropical moist forest. The population is composed mainly of Aymara people, mostly farmers. The community also hosts the Unidad Académica Campesina-Carmen Pampa
Unidad Académica Campesina-Carmen Pampa
The Unidad Académica Campesina-Carmen Pampa is a satellite campus of the Catholic University of Bolivia founded in 1993 to serve the rural poor of Bolivia. It is located in Carmen Pampa, a small farming community 12 km...
(UAC-Carmen Pampa) and the San Francisco Xavier High School.
History
The community was founded with the repartition of land to patrón Augusto Vicente Pijoán after the Bolivian War of Independence. The community was named for the Our Lady of Mount CarmelOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the late 12th and early to mid 13th centuries...
, chosen by Matilde Belmonte, mother of the patrón of the new hacienda. After Bolivia's agrarian reform
Agrarian reform
Agrarian reform can refer either, narrowly, to government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of agricultural land or, broadly, to an overall redirection of the agrarian system of the country, which often includes land reform measures. Agrarian reform can include credit measures,...
, most of the land was given to the hacienda's peons, and the remaining land was sold to Carlos López Videla Guamán.
Xavierian brothers bought land in the Carmen Pampa to open a high school in 1962. The Colegio San Francisco Xavier, under the direction of Brother Niles "Nilo" Cullen, received the best students from all over the Prelature (later, Diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
) of Coroico, then under Msgr. Thomas Manning. The ideals of the high school were "Trabajo, Estudio, Deporte y Religión" ("Work, Study, Sports and Religion").
With the departure of Brother Nilo from Carmen Pampa in 1983, Franciscan Sister Mary Damon Nolan was made principal. The Xaverian Brothers closed the high school in 1997 and left the infrastructure to the UAC-Carmen Pampa.
The UAC-Carmen Pampa, part of the Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo", was founded in Carmen Pampa in 1993 by Sister Mary Damon Nolan. Its mission is to make higher education available to young people from rural areas, and offers a Licenciatura (B.S.-equivalent) in Agronomy, Veterinary/Animal Science, Nursing and Education, and a technical degree in Tourism.