Upper Peru

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Upper Peru was the colonial-era Spanish administrative region in South America that roughly corresponds to modern-day Bolivia.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial administrative region
former territory
historical region
administrativeCenter Audiencia of Charcas
borderedBy Lower Peru
Río de la Plata region
capital Charcas
Chuquisaca
Sucre
colonialAdministrationType audiencia district
colonialPower Spain
continent South America
country Spanish Empire
currency Spanish real
demographics indigenous majority population
economy agriculture
silver mining
textile production
formerNameOf territory of modern Bolivia
geographicalFeature Altiplano
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Andes Mountains
linked to: Andes
historicalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Spanish colonial period
indigenousPeoples Aymara
Quechua
involvedIn Spanish American wars of independence
judicialDivision Real Audiencia de Charcas
knownFor silver mining in Potosí
language Spanish
laterBecame Republic of Bolivia
linked to: Bolivia
laterCurrency Bolivian boliviano
locatedIn South America
mainCity Cochabamba
La Paz
Oruro
Potosí
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
partOf Spanish West Indies
Viceroyalty of Peru
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
primaryReligionDuringColonialPeriod Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religion Roman Catholicism
roughlyCorrespondsTo Bolivia
sovereignDuringColonialPeriod Kingdom of Spain
status overseas territory of Spain
successorState Bolivia
usedUntil 19th century

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata includedTerritory Upper Peru (partly)
linked to: Upper Peru
Congress of Tucumán excluded Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia)
linked to: Upper Peru
Neo-Inca State historicalRegion Upper Peru
Chuquisaca capitalOf Upper Peru
Battle of Suipacha location Upper Peru
Battle of Huaqui location Upper Peru
Pedro Antonio Olañeta residence Upper Peru
Lower Peru hasCounterpart Upper Peru
Intendancy of Potosí partOf Upper Peru