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Sopachuy Municipality
Sopachuy is the seat of the homonymous municipality located in the Tomina Province in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p .... At the time of the 2001 census, the municipio had 7241 inhabitants. Sopachuy was founded on 30 October 1581, and was the site of the Battle of Sopachuy (1817). References {{coord, 19, 29, S, 64, 28, W, display=title, region:BO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Chuquisaca Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Bolivia
The flag of Bolivia is the national flag of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was originally adopted in 1851. The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolour (flag), tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Coat of Arms of Bolivia, Bolivian coat of arms in the center. According to one source, the red stands for Bolivia's brave soldiers, while the green symbolizes soil fertility, fertility and yellow the nation's mineral deposits. Since 2009 the Wiphala also holds the status of ''dual flag'' in the country. According to the revised Constitution of Bolivia of 2009, the Wiphala is considered a national symbol of Bolivia (along with the flag, national anthem, Coat of arms of Bolivia, coat of arms, the cockade; Cantua buxifolia, kantuta flower and patujú flower). Despite its landlocked status, Bolivia has a naval ensign used by navy vessels on rivers and lakes. It consists of a blue field with the state flag in the Flag terminology, canton bordered by nine small y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
, image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square patchwork with the (top left to bottom right) diagonals forming colored stripes (green, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, white, green, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, from top right to bottom left) , other_symbol = , other_symbol_type = Dual flag: , image_coat = Escudo de Bolivia.svg , national_anthem = " National Anthem of Bolivia" , image_map = BOL orthographic.svg , map_width = 220px , alt_map = , image_map2 = , alt_map2 = , map_caption = , capital = La Paz Sucre , largest_city = , official_languages = Spanish , languages_type = Co-official languages , languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Bolivia
Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments ( es, departamentos). Departments are the primary subdivisions of Bolivia, and possess certain rights under the Constitution of Bolivia. Each department is represented in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly—a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Each department is represented by four Senators, while Deputies are awarded to each department in proportion to their total population. Out of the nine departments, La Paz was originally the most populous, with 2,706,351 inhabitants as of 2012 but the far eastern department of Santa Cruz has since surpassed it by 2020; Santa Cruz also claims the title as the largest, encompassing . Pando is the least populated, with a population of 110,436. The smallest in area is Tarija, encompassing . Departments Former Departments By population Notes See also * ISO 3166-2:BO, the ISO codes for the departments of Bolivia. * Bolivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuquisaca Department
Chuquisaca () ( ay, Chuqisaka; qu, Chuqichaka) is a department of Bolivia located in the center south. It borders on the departments of Cochabamba, Tarija, Potosí, and Santa Cruz. The departmental capital is Sucre, which is also the constitutional capital of Bolivia. Geography The department is traversed by the main cordillera of the Andes mountain range and lesser cordilleras. Parts of it lay within the basin of the Amazon River, and other parts within the basin of the Río de La Plata. The surface area of the department is 51,524 square kilometers. The topography of central Chuquisaca consists of a series of ridges rising up to 1500 m that run north and south with flat valleys between the ridges. To the west of these ridges abruptly rise the Andes Mountains to 3000 m forming a prepuna landmass that is cut into by large river valleys that drain into the Amazon or Rio de la Plata river basins. To the east of the central ridges lies a stretch of territory containing low e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Bolivia
A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces. The country's provinces are further divided into 337 municipalities which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council. List of provinces Beni Department Chuquisaca Department Cochabamba Department La Paz Department Oruro Department Pando Department Potosí Department Santa Cruz Department Tarija Department See also * Departments of Bolivia * Municipalities of Bolivia Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of ... Sources Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Bolivia(Spanish) {{Articles on second-level administrative divisions of South American countries Subd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomina Province
Tomina is a Provinces of Bolivia, province in the Chuquisaca Department in Bolivia. Its seat is Padilla, Bolivia, Padilla. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Subdivisions Tomina Province is divided into five Municipalities of Bolivia, municipalities which are partly further subdivided into cantons. The people The people are predominantly Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous citizens of Quechuas, Quechuan descent. Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Languages The languages spoken in the province are mainly Spanish and Quechua. Tourist attractions Padilla Municipality is situated within the Iñao National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area. See also * Manuel Ascencio Padilla References Provinces of Chuquisaca Department {{Chuquisaca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Bolivia
Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality. In these cases the municipalities are identical to the provinces they belong to. History of governance Municipalities in Bolivia are each led by a mayor, an executive office. Mayors were appointed by the national government from 1878 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1987. Local elections were held under the 1942 municipal code, which was in force until 1991. The 1985 Organic Law of Municipalities restored local elections for mayor and created a legislative body, the municipal council. In 1994, the entire territory of Bolivia was merged into municipalities, where previously only urban areas were organized as municipalities. As an effect of decentralization through the 1994 Law of Popular Participation the number of municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sopachuy Municipality
Sopachuy is the seat of the homonymous municipality located in the Tomina Province in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p .... At the time of the 2001 census, the municipio had 7241 inhabitants. Sopachuy was founded on 30 October 1581, and was the site of the Battle of Sopachuy (1817). References {{coord, 19, 29, S, 64, 28, W, display=title, region:BO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Chuquisaca Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Sopachuy
The Battle of Sopachuy was an armed confrontation that occurred on 12 June 1817 in the village of Sopachuy, some 120 kilometers southeast from the city of Chuquisaca (today Sucre), between a division of the Army of the North of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid and a Spanish Royalist force commanded by Colonel José Santos de la Hera. The Royalists routed the Patriot force, who was forced to retreat in disarray. Prelude In early 1817, the commander of the Army of the North of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, Manuel Belgrano, had sent a small military division to Upper Peru under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid with the aim of hindering the Royal Army of Peru as much as possible. After defeating the Royalist garrison at Tarija, Patriot commander Lamadrid directed his troops, reinforced with Upper-Peruvian guerrillas to Chuquisaca, with the purpose of taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
