Villa de San Felipe de Austria

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Villa de San Felipe de Austria is the historical colonial name of the Bolivian city now known as Oruro, founded by the Spanish in the 17th century as a mining settlement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial settlement
historical city name
associatedWithActivity mining
associatedWithResource silver
tin
colonialEra Spanish colonial period in Upper Peru
countryAtTimeOfFoundation Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
economicBasis silver mining
tin mining
foundationPurpose mining settlement
foundedBy Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
Spanish colonists
hasColonialStatus villa
hasColonialUrbanFunction administrative center
mining center
hasCurrentName Oruro NERFINISHED
hasDepartmentCapitalSuccessor Oruro NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificance important colonial mining town in Upper Peru
hasMunicipalSuccessor Oruro Municipality NERFINISHED
hasToponymType honorific name
historicalNameOf Oruro NERFINISHED
languageOfOfficialName Spanish
laterPartOf Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED
locatedIn Oruro NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent South America
locatedInCountry Bolivia NERFINISHED
locatedInCurrentAdministrativeDivision Oruro Department NERFINISHED
locatedInGeographicRegion Altiplano NERFINISHED
Andes NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalRegion Alto Perú NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalViceroyalty Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED
namedAfter Philip IV of Spain NERFINISHED
namedForRoyalHouse House of Habsburg NERFINISHED
partOfColonialTerritory Audiencia of Charcas NERFINISHED
predecessorOf modern city of Oruro
usedAsNameInCentury 17th century
18th century
usedAsNameInPoliticalContext Spanish colonial administration

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Real Villa de San Felipe de Austria hasAlternativeName Villa de San Felipe de Austria