Royal Audiencia of Charcas

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audiencia colonial administrative division high court

The Royal Audiencia of Charcas was a high court and administrative body of the Spanish Empire in South America, centered in present-day Bolivia, that governed vast interior territories including Upper Peru.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Intendancy of Charcas	1
Real Audiencia de Charcas	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	audiencia ⓘ colonial administrative division ⓘ high court ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Potosí Department ⓘ surface form: Potosí region Spanish colonial municipalities in Upper Peru ⓘ Spanish colonial settlers in Upper Peru ⓘ Upper Peru ⓘ colonial dioceses in its territory ⓘ encomienda system in its territory ⓘ indigenous communities under Spanish rule in its district ⓘ indigenous populations of Upper Peru ⓘ interior regions of South America ⓘ mining regions of Upper Peru ⓘ parts of present-day Argentina ⓘ parts of present-day Bolivia ⓘ parts of present-day Chile ⓘ parts of present-day Paraguay ⓘ parts of present-day Peru ⓘ present-day Bolivia ⓘ
capital	Charcas ⓘ La Plata ⓘ Sucre ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
follows	early colonial governance arrangements in Upper Peru ⓘ
hasFunction	administration of justice in Upper Peru ⓘ collection oversight of royal revenues ⓘ implementation of royal legislation ⓘ oversight of local officials ⓘ protection of royal interests in Upper Peru ⓘ support of evangelization policies ⓘ
hasLegalAuthorityOver	administrative disputes ⓘ appeals from lower colonial courts ⓘ civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
hasPart	court officials ⓘ fiscal (crown prosecutor) ⓘ oidores ⓘ president of the audiencia ⓘ
hasRole	administrative authority ⓘ fiscal authority ⓘ judicial authority ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Spanish ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Spanish America ⓘ surface form: Spanish South America Upper Peru ⓘ
partOf	Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Viceroy of the Río de la Plata → hasComponentJurisdiction → Royal Audiencia of Charcas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Intendancy of Charcas

Upper Peru → judicialDivision → Royal Audiencia of Charcas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Real Audiencia de Charcas

Viceroyalty of Peru → notableInstitution → Royal Audiencia of Charcas ⓘ