Upper Peru Alto Perú | |||||||||
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| Motto: Plus Ultra "Further Beyond" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Marcha Real "Royal March" (1813–1822; 1823–1873) Himno de Riego "Anthem of Riego" (1822–1823) | |||||||||
 Territories of Upper Peru, 1821–1825 | |||||||||
| Capital | La Paz | ||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy (1821–1825) | ||||||||
| King/Queen | |||||||||
• 1821–1825 | Ferdinand VII | ||||||||
| Viceroy | |||||||||
• 1821–1824 | José de la Serna e Hinojosa | ||||||||
• 1824–1825 | Pío de Tristán | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 28 July 1821 | |||||||||
• Independence from Spain as Bolivia | 6 August 1825 | ||||||||
| Currency | Spanish dollar | ||||||||
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Upper Peru (Spanish: Alto Perú; Portuguese: Alto Peru) is a name for the land that was governed by the Real Audiencia of Charcas.[1] The name originated in Buenos Aires[2] towards the end of the 18th century[3] after the Audiencia of Charcas was transferred from the Viceroyalty of Peru to the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776.[4] It comprised the governorships of Potosí, La Paz, Cochabamba, Chiquitos, Moxos and Charcas (since renamed Sucre).
Following the Bolivian War of Independence, the region became an independent country and was renamed Bolivia in honor of Simón Bolívar.
- ^ Barnadas, Josep M. (1989). Es muy sencillo: Llámenle Charcas. La Paz: Juventud. p. 59-63
- ^ «J.M. Dalence, Bosquejo estadístico de Bolivia, Sucre 1851, p. 2». Consulted on 2 September 2011.
- ^ «Esther Aillón Soria, De Charcas/Alto Perú a la República de Bolivar, Bolivia. Trayectorias de la identidad boliviana, p. 7» Archived 13 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Consulted on 2 September 2011.
- ^ Crespo Rodas, Alberto (1981). El ejército de San Martín y las guerrillas del Alto Perú. La Paz. p. 379