and places of interest like the Salar de Pipanaco The dynamic demographics are important: in 2001, 5254 people were counted, a 17.62% increase over the last census in 1991.

Two factors have contributed to the increase: the high birth rate and the movement of people from Salta, Tucumán and Buenos Aires to the region.

The architecture of the small city is principally of colonial Spanish style with adobe homes painted white and built over bases of rock, sporting antique window grills forged of iron.

Its beams, altars and confession booths are all carved from the porous wood of the cactus Echinopsis atacamensis.

10 kilometers to the south-southwest of Cachi lies the important ruins of Puerta de La Paya.