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Chuquisaca is a department
Departments of Bolivia

|||}Bolivia is divided into 9 Department . These are :*Beni Department *Chuquisaca Department *Cochabamba Department *La Paz Department *Oruro Department ...
 of Bolivia
Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
 located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba
Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba is one of the nine component Departments of Bolivia of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position....
, Tarija
Tarija Department

Tarija is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south eastern Bolivia bordering Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 391,226 inhabitants....
, Potosí
Potosí Department

The Departments of Bolivia of Potos? is in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km? with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potos?....
, and Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Department

Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km?, is the largest of the Departments of Bolivia of Bolivia. In the 2001 census, it reported a population of 2,029,471....
. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.

department is traversed by the main cordillera
Cordillera

A cordillera is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, that runs along a coastline . It comes from the Spanish language word cordilla, which is a diminutive of cuerda, or "cord"....
 of the Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 mountain range and lesser cordilleras. Parts of it lie within the basin of the Amazon River
Amazon River

The Amazon River of South America is the list of rivers by length in the world by volume, with a total river flow greater than the next top eight largest rivers combined....
, and other parts within the basin of the Río de La Plata
Río de la Plata

The R?o de la Plata —often rendered in English language as the River Plate or the [La] Plata River—is the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paran? River....
.

departments of Bolivia are governed by prefects.






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Chuquisaca is a department
Departments of Bolivia

|||}Bolivia is divided into 9 Department . These are :*Beni Department *Chuquisaca Department *Cochabamba Department *La Paz Department *Oruro Department ...
 of Bolivia
Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
 located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba
Cochabamba Department

Cochabamba is one of the nine component Departments of Bolivia of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position....
, Tarija
Tarija Department

Tarija is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south eastern Bolivia bordering Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 391,226 inhabitants....
, Potosí
Potosí Department

The Departments of Bolivia of Potos? is in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km? with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potos?....
, and Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Department

Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km?, is the largest of the Departments of Bolivia of Bolivia. In the 2001 census, it reported a population of 2,029,471....
. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia.

Geography

The department is traversed by the main cordillera
Cordillera

A cordillera is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, that runs along a coastline . It comes from the Spanish language word cordilla, which is a diminutive of cuerda, or "cord"....
 of the Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 mountain range and lesser cordilleras. Parts of it lie within the basin of the Amazon River
Amazon River

The Amazon River of South America is the list of rivers by length in the world by volume, with a total river flow greater than the next top eight largest rivers combined....
, and other parts within the basin of the Río de La Plata
Río de la Plata

The R?o de la Plata —often rendered in English language as the River Plate or the [La] Plata River—is the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paran? River....
.

Government

The departments of Bolivia are governed by prefects. June 29, 2008, Savina Cuéllar of the Alianza Comité Interinstitucional (ACI) was elected Prefect of Chuquisaca.

Provinces

The department is divided into 10 province
Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
s.

NamePopulationArea km²Capital
Oropeza
Oropeza Province

Oropeza is a province in the Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia....
 
275.7653.943Yotala
Azurduy
Juana Azurduy de Padilla Province

Juana Azurduy de Padilla was the wife of a hero named Manuel Asencio Padilla and, together they fought against the Spaniards in the 1800s. There is currently a small capital city named after Padilla in the Bolivian province of Tomina, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia....
 
27.9734.185Sopachuy
Jaime Zudáñez 34.6403.738Presto
Presto, Bolivia

Presto is a Bolivian town located in Jaime Zud??ez Province, Chuquisaca Department, 95 km east of Sucre, Bolivia....
Tomina 38.3593.947Padilla
Hernando Siles
Hernando Siles Province

Hernando Siles is a Provinces of Bolivia of the Departments of Bolivia of Chuquisaca, Bolivia. It has a population of 36.511 and covers an area of 5,473 km?, giving a population density of 6.67/km?. Its capital is Monteagudo, Bolivia....
37.0355.473Monteagudo
Monteagudo, Bolivia

Monteagudo is a small town in South Eastern Bolivia. Its name is dedicated to Bernardo de Monteagudo who took part in the Chuquisaca revolution of 25 May 1809....
Yamparaez 28.7971.472Tarabuco
Tarabuco

Tarabuco is a Bolivia town in the department of Chuquisaca, capital of the Yampar?ez Province and its first section, Tarabuco Municipality.It is best known as the home of the Yampara culture....
Nor Cinti 71.0847.983Camargo
Camargo, Chuquisaca

Camargo is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia in the the South American Andes....
Sud Cinti 24.0105.484Villa Abecia
Belisario Boeto 12.2372.000Serrano
Luis Calvo 22.27513.299Villa Vaca Guzmán (Tarvita)


History

The native inhabitants were the Charcas, who were dispersed along riverbanks and lowlands. Their leaders, jampiris, sorcerers, and priests resided in the capital, Choque-Chaca, which according to 17th century chronicles had a population of several thousand.

The capital city of Sucre

Sucre
Sucre

Sucre is the constitutional Capital of Bolivia, seat of the Supreme Court , and capital of the Chuquisaca department. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an altitude of 2750m ....
 (elev. 2750 m) is called the city of the four names, each name corresponding to a different period of its history. It was founded by the Spaniard Pedro de Anzures in 1538. It thrived due to its regional proximity to the famous silver mines of Potosi, and as Charcas served as capital of the Real Audiencia de Charcas, encompassing all of current Bolivia's territory and more. Reverting to its native name of Chuquisaca, it was the Upper Peru's chief administrative center and largest city. It was there that the first public call for independence from Spain took place, on May 25, 1809, and where the Act of Independence from Spanish rule was signed on August 6, 1825. It was immediately designated the capital of independent Bolivia, under the auspices of Simon Bolivar and Antonio Jose de Sucre. Years later, the city of Chuquisaca was renamed Sucre in honor of the Venezuelan-born hero of South America's independence, who had served as the first effective administrator of the country (and second President).

When the center of political and economic power shifted north, to the tin-producing regions of Oruro and La Paz, Sucre's importance waned, leading to the displacement of the legislative and executive powers to La Paz. However, in honor of Sucre's historical preponderance, the judicial branch (Supreme Court) continues to operate there, and the city's official status as capital of the country was never revoked.

See also

  • El Palmar Integrated Management Natural Area
    El Palmar Integrated Management Natural Area

    El Palmar Integrated Management Natural Area - not to be confused with El Palmar National Park in Argentina - is a protected area in Bolivia located in the Chuquisaca Department, Jaime Zud??ez Province....
  • Provinces of Bolivia
    Provinces of Bolivia

    The South American landlocked country Bolivia is divided in:*9 Departments of Bolivia **112 provinces ***314 Municipalities of Bolivia ...


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