Alto Perú
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Alto Perú was the colonial-era region in the central Andes that roughly corresponds to modern-day Bolivia and was a key mining and administrative center of the Spanish Empire in South America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alto Perú canonical | 2 |
| Alto Perú (modern Bolivia) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former Spanish colonial territory
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterFor | mining districts of Potosí ⓘ |
| capital |
Charcas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chuquisaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialAdministration | Real Audiencia de Charcas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Latin American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| currencyUsed | Spanish colonial real NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
silver extraction ⓘ textile production ⓘ |
| existedFrom | 16th century ⓘ |
| existedUntil | early 19th century ⓘ |
| governedAs | audiencia of Charcas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedRegion |
Altiplano
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Paraguay basin ⓘ |
| independenceMovementResult | creation of Bolivia in 1825 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Potosí silver mines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
indigenous labor exploitation ⓘ mita labor system ⓘ silver mining ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Aymara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quechua NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| laterMetropolitanAuthority | Buenos Aires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainMetropolitanAuthority | Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Cochabamba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La Paz NERFINISHED ⓘ Oruro NERFINISHED ⓘ Potosí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Upper Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spanish Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Inca Empire territories in the central Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Aymara peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quechua peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| roughlyCorrespondsTo | Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key mining center of Spanish America
ⓘ
link between Lima and Río de la Plata ⓘ |
| successor | Republic of Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Alto Perú (modern Bolivia)