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Sucre (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 19 02 35 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -19.0430 decimal degrees |
| Long: 065 15 33 W degrees minutes |
Long: -65.2540 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of start of revolt against Spain 1809; the constitutional capital of Bolivia while executive & legislature governed from La Paz, a result of compromise in effort to curb civil war when decision made to move capital to La Paz in 1898. |
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| Sucre (preferred,C,V)
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............ | since 1840, in honor of first president of Bolivia |
| Ciudad Sucre (C,V)
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| Chuquisaca (H,V)
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............ | 1538-1840 |
| La Plata (H,V)
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| Charcas (H,V)
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Sucre (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by conquistador Pedro de Anzúrez, 1538 |
| city (C) |
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| capital (C) |
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in name & law, & seat of Supreme Court since 1839 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| archdiocese (C) |
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since 1609 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Bolivia .......... (nation) |
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(World, South America) [1000046] |
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