Charcas region
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The Charcas region was a historical administrative area of the Spanish Empire in South America, roughly corresponding to parts of present-day Bolivia and surrounding territories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charcas region canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative division of the Spanish Empire
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| administrativeLevel | audiencia district ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Upper Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Viceroyalty of Peru
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Chuquisaca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ Sucre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialStatus | overseas territory of the Spanish Crown ⓘ |
| country | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn | silver mining ⓘ |
| governedBy | president of the Audiencia of Charcas ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeCenter | Audiencia of Charcas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | center of highland Andean administration for southern Peru and Upper Peru ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key region in the Spanish American wars of independence
ⓘ
major silver-producing area of the Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| importantCity |
Cochabamba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Paz NERFINISHED ⓘ La Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ Potosí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantMiningCenter | Potosí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| indigenousLanguages |
Aymara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quechua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction | Real Audiencia de Charcas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Castilian law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South America ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charcas (indigenous group) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spanish colonial administration in the Andes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousAdministration | Catholic dioceses of Charcas and surrounding areas ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo |
parts of present-day Argentina
ⓘ
parts of present-day Chile ⓘ parts of present-day Paraguay ⓘ present-day Bolivia ⓘ |
| successorTerritory |
Republic of Argentina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ United Provinces of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.