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Upper Peru was the region in the Viceroyalty of Peru
Viceroyalty of Peru

Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish Empire South America, governed from the capital of Lima....
 and, after 1776, the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

The Viceroyalty of the R?o de la Plata was the last and most shortlived viceroyalty created by Spain in 1776. Its limits roughly contained the territories of present day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay....
 comprising the Governments of Potosí
Potosi

Potos? or Potosi may refer to:*Bolivia** Potos?, a city, an important mining spot during the Spanish conquest*** Potosi , a German Flying P-Liner sailing ship named after this place...
, La Paz
La Paz

Nuestra Se?ora de La Paz is the administrative Capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department, Bolivia. As of the 2001 census, the city of La Paz had a population of 789,585, and together with the neighboring cities of El Alto and Viacha, make the biggest urban area of Bolivia, with a population of over 1.6 mill...
, Cochabamba
Cochabamba

Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the Capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the list of cities in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people....
, Los Chiquitos, Moxos
Moxos Province

Moxos is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia. It is named after the Moxos savanna....
 and Charcas (since renamed 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 ....
). It was governed by the Audiencia of Charcas.

Following independence, the country was renamed 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....
 in honour of Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar

Sim?n Jos? Antonio de la Sant?sima Trinidad Bol?var Palacios y Blanco ? more commonly known as Sim?n Bol?var ? was, together with the Argentina general Jos? de San Mart?n, one of the most important leaders of Spanish America's successful struggle for independence....
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Upper Peru was the region in the Viceroyalty of Peru
Viceroyalty of Peru

Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish Empire South America, governed from the capital of Lima....
 and, after 1776, the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

The Viceroyalty of the R?o de la Plata was the last and most shortlived viceroyalty created by Spain in 1776. Its limits roughly contained the territories of present day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay....
 comprising the Governments of Potosí
Potosi

Potos? or Potosi may refer to:*Bolivia** Potos?, a city, an important mining spot during the Spanish conquest*** Potosi , a German Flying P-Liner sailing ship named after this place...
, La Paz
La Paz

Nuestra Se?ora de La Paz is the administrative Capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department, Bolivia. As of the 2001 census, the city of La Paz had a population of 789,585, and together with the neighboring cities of El Alto and Viacha, make the biggest urban area of Bolivia, with a population of over 1.6 mill...
, Cochabamba
Cochabamba

Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the Capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the list of cities in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people....
, Los Chiquitos, Moxos
Moxos Province

Moxos is a province in the Beni Department, Bolivia. It is named after the Moxos savanna....
 and Charcas (since renamed 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 ....
). It was governed by the Audiencia of Charcas.

Following independence, the country was renamed 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....
 in honour of Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar

Sim?n Jos? Antonio de la Sant?sima Trinidad Bol?var Palacios y Blanco ? more commonly known as Sim?n Bol?var ? was, together with the Argentina general Jos? de San Mart?n, one of the most important leaders of Spanish America's successful struggle for independence....
.