Sucre

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capital city city

Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, known for its well-preserved colonial architecture and historical significance in the country’s independence.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Historic City of Sucre 1
Sucre (national constitutional capital of Bolivia) 1
Sucre city (Bolivia) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city ⓘ
city ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
neoclassical architecture ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
countryCapitalOf Bolivia ⓘ
demographicFeature significant indigenous population ⓘ
distanceFromLaPazApproximate about 410 km southeast of La Paz ⓘ
distanceFromPotosiApproximate about 150 km northeast of Potosí ⓘ
elevation about 2810 meters above sea level ⓘ
formerName Charcas ⓘ
Chuquisaca ⓘ
La Plata ⓘ
foundingBy Spanish colonists ⓘ
foundingCentury 16th century ⓘ
governmentBranchSeat judicial branch of Bolivia ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
indigenousLanguages Aymara ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
isCapitalOf Chuquisaca ⓘ
surface form: Chuquisaca Department
knownFor historical significance in Bolivian independence ⓘ
well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ
languageMajority Spanish ⓘ
legalCapitalStatusSince Bolivian Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Bolivian Constitution of 1826
locatedIn Chuquisaca ⓘ
surface form: Chuquisaca Department
namedAfter Antonio José de Sucre ⓘ
nationalSymbolRole symbol of Bolivian independence and identity ⓘ
notableBuilding Casa de la Libertad ⓘ
Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre ⓘ
notableInstitution Supreme Court of Justice of Bolivia ⓘ
University of Saint Francis Xavier of Chuquisaca ⓘ
officialStatus constitutional capital of Bolivia ⓘ
populationApproximate around 300000 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities commerce ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
region Andean region of Bolivia ⓘ
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleInHistory site where the Bolivian Declaration of Independence was signed ⓘ
timeZone UTC−4 ⓘ
transport Alcantarí International Airport ⓘ
UNESCOListingYear 1991 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName Sucre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Historic City of Sucre
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
urbanCharacteristic historic central square Plaza 25 de Mayo ⓘ
whitewashed buildings ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Sucre → UNESCOSiteName → Sucre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic City of Sucre
Bolivia → capital → Sucre ⓘ
Upper Peru → capital → Sucre ⓘ
Bolivia → contains → Sucre ⓘ
Oruro → countryCapital → Sucre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sucre (national constitutional capital of Bolivia)
Bolivia → judicialCapital → Sucre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sucre city (Bolivia)