Ñancahuazú region
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The Ñancahuazú region is a remote, rural area of southeastern Bolivia known as the base of operations for Che Guevara’s guerrilla campaign in the late 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ñancahuazú region canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
rural area ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Che Guevara NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernesto Che Guevara’s Bolivian campaign ⓘ |
| conflict | Bolivian government vs. Che Guevara’s guerrillas ⓘ |
| country | Bolivia ⓘ |
| countryDuringEvents | Republic of Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| event | Bolivian guerrilla campaign of 1966–1967 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | subtropical ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
cattle ranching
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Ñancahuazú River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSettlement | small peasant communities ⓘ |
| hasVegetation | Chaco and sub-Andean forest ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbolic site of Latin American revolutionary movements ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bolivian insurgency of the 1960s
ⓘ
Che Guevara’s guerrilla campaign ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South America
ⓘ
southeastern Bolivia ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeDivision | Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
La Higuera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vallegrande NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | site of Cold War–era guerrilla conflict ⓘ |
| notableYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| partOf | Bolivian lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationDensity | sparsely populated ⓘ |
| strategicFeature |
dense vegetation
ⓘ
difficult access ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ |
| terrain |
forested
ⓘ
hilly ⓘ remote ⓘ rural ⓘ |
| timeOfUseAsGuerrillaBase |
1966
ⓘ
1967 ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure | limited road access ⓘ |
| usedAs | base of operations for guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
| usedFor | military counterinsurgency operations by Bolivian Army ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Cuban and Bolivian guerrilla fighters ⓘ |
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