Charcas

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Charcas is the former name of the Bolivian city now known as Sucre, a historic colonial center and constitutional capital of Bolivia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Charcas canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former city name
historical name of a city
alsoKnownAs Chuquisaca
Ciudad de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo
La Plata
capitalOf Audiencia of Charcas
surface form: Audiencia de Charcas

Chuquisaca
surface form: Chuquisaca Department
cityType colonial city
continent South America
country Bolivia
countryCapitalType constitutional capital of Bolivia
currentName Sucre
formerNameOf Sucre
foundingColonialPower Spanish Empire
governingCountryDuringColonialPeriod Spanish Empire
heritageStatus historic colonial center
historicalEra Spanish colonial period
historicalRole colonial administrative center
language Spanish
locatedIn Bolivia
Chuquisaca
surface form: Chuquisaca Department
notableFeature well-preserved colonial architecture
partOf Audiencia of Charcas
surface form: Audiencia de Charcas

Viceroyalty of Peru
politicalStatus seat of Bolivia’s judiciary (as Sucre)
presentDayStatus name no longer officially used for the city
region Andes
role constitutional capital of Bolivia
significance important colonial legal and administrative center in South America

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sucre formerName Charcas
Upper Peru capital Charcas
Cornelio Saavedra birthPlace Charcas
Audiencia of Charcas capital Charcas
La Plata alsoKnownAs Charcas