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 (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Spanish colonial territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenterFor mining districts of Potosí ⓘ
capital Charcas ⓘ
Chuquisaca ⓘ
colonialAdministration Real Audiencia de Charcas ⓘ
conflict Latin American wars of independence ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
currencyUsed Spanish colonial real ⓘ
linked to: Spanish real
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
silver extraction ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
existedFrom 16th century ⓘ
existedUntil early 19th century ⓘ
governedAs audiencia of Charcas ⓘ
governedBy Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
includedRegion Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Upper Paraguay basin ⓘ
independenceMovementResult creation of Bolivia in 1825 ⓘ
knownFor Potosí silver mines ⓘ
linked to: Potosí

indigenous labor exploitation ⓘ
mita labor system ⓘ
silver mining ⓘ
languageUsed Aymara ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
laterMetropolitanAuthority Buenos Aires ⓘ
locatedIn central Andes ⓘ
linked to: Central Andes
mainMetropolitanAuthority Lima ⓘ
majorCity Cochabamba ⓘ
La Paz ⓘ
Oruro ⓘ
Potosí ⓘ
nameMeaning Upper Peru ⓘ
partOf Spanish Empire ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
predecessor Inca Empire territories in the central Andes ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Aymara peoples ⓘ
linked to: Aymara people

Quechua peoples ⓘ
linked to: Quechua people
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo Bolivia ⓘ
sovereignState Spanish Empire ⓘ
strategicImportance key mining center of Spanish America ⓘ
link between Lima and Río de la Plata ⓘ
successor Republic of Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Bolivia
timePeriod colonial era ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Pedro Antonio Olañeta → activeInPlace → Alto Perú (modern Bolivia) ⓘ
linked to: Alto Perú
Cornelio Zelaya → operationalArea → Alto Perú ⓘ
Junta Grande → hasTerritory → Upper Peru (partially controlled) ⓘ
linked to: Alto Perú