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Chuquisaca

The Chuquisaca Department is a region of in south-central in a region where the Altiplano merges with the Valles into the Gran Chaco lowlands. The name comes from the Quechua name for the capital Sucre.
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is a city in Chuquisaca Department, . It is the official capital of the country, though most of the government is based in . Its center is a UNESCO world heritage site, and it is a pretty city with welcoming people and a peaceful atmosphere.

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is a town in , some 60 km from . It has gained its fame for its handicrafts and arts, best seen at its Sunday market. has a deep tradition in festival clothing and handicrafts, and some history of cannibalism.

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The is a mountainous region in the central parts of the .

Chuquisaca

Latitude of center
-20° or 20° south
Longitude of center
-64.4167° or 64° 25′ west
Population
606,000
Elevation
2,554 metres (8,379 feet)
Inception
1826
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2854906388
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3920177
Wiki­data ID
Q235110
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Chuquisaca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إدارة شوكيساكا”
  • Aymara: “Chuqisaka jach’a suyu”
  • Aymara: “Chuquisaka jach’a suyu”
  • Basque: “Chuquisaca”
  • Belarusian: “дэпартамент Чукісака”
  • Belarusian: “Чукісака (дэпартамент)”
  • Belarusian: “Чукісака”
  • Bengali: “চুকুইসাকা বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Departamant Chuquisaca”
  • Bulgarian: “Чукисака”
  • Catalan: “Chuquisaca”
  • Catalan: “Departament de Chuquisaca”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de Chuquisaca”
  • Chinese: “Chuquisaca Chiu”
  • Chinese: “丘基萨卡省”
  • Chinese: “丘基薩卡省”
  • Chinese: “朱基薩卡省”
  • Croatian: “Chuquisaca”
  • Czech: “Departement Chuquisaca”
  • Danish: “Chuquisaca”
  • Dutch: “Chuquisaca”
  • Esperanto: “Chuquisaca”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉukisakio”
  • Estonian: “Chuquisaca departemang”
  • Finnish: “Chuquisaca”
  • French: “Chuquisaca”
  • French: “Departement de Chuquisaca”
  • French: “Département de Chuquisaca”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Chuquisaca”
  • Georgian: “ჩუკისაკა”
  • Georgian: “ჩუკისაკას დეპარტამენტი”
  • Georgian: “ჩუკისაკის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Chuquisaca”
  • German: “Departamento Chuquisaca”
  • Greek: “Γεωγραφικό Διαμέρισμα Τσουκισάκα”
  • Guarani: “Tetãvore Chuquisaca”
  • Gujarati: “ચુકુસકા વિભાગ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז צ’וקיסאקה”
  • Hindi: “चक्विसाका विभाग”
  • Hindi: “चुकिसाका विभाग”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Chuquisaca”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento de Chuquisaca”
  • Italian: “Chuquisaca”
  • Italian: “dipartimento di Chuquisaca”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento di Chuquisaca”
  • Japanese: “チュキサカ”
  • Japanese: “チュキサカ県”
  • Kannada: “ಚುಕ್ವಿಸ್ಕಾ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Korean: “추키사카주”
  • Ladino: “Chuquisaca”
  • Latvian: “Čukisakas departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Čukisakos departamentas”
  • Macedonian: “Чукисака”
  • Malay: “Chuquisaca”
  • Marathi: “चक्कीसास्क विभाग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chuquisaca Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chuquisaca (Department)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Chuquisaca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chuquisaca”
  • Norwegian: “Chuquisaca”
  • Ossetian: “Чукисакæ (департамент)”
  • Ossetian: “Чукисакæ”
  • Persian: “شهرستان چوکیساکا”
  • Polish: “Chuquisaca”
  • Portuguese: “Chuquisaca”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de Chuquisaca”
  • Quechua: “Chuqichaka suyu”
  • Romanian: “Chuquisaca”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Chuquisaca”
  • Russian: “Чукисака”
  • Scots: “Chuquisaca Depairtment”
  • Serbian: “Чукисака”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chuquisaca (departman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chuquisaca”
  • Sinhala: “චුකුඉසකා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, බොලිවියාව”
  • Sinhala: “චුකුඉසකා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Spanish: “Chuquisaca”
  • Spanish: “Departamento Autonomo de Chuquisaca”
  • Spanish: “Departamento Autónomo de Chuquisaca”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Chuquisaca”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Chuquisaca”
  • Swedish: “Chuquisaca”
  • Tamil: “சுகுய்சாகா துறை”
  • Telugu: “చుక్విసాకా డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “చుక్విసాకా విభాగం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นชูกิซากา”
  • Turkish: “Chuquisaca Departmanı”
  • Turkish: “Chuquisaca”
  • Ukrainian: “Чукісака”
  • Urdu: “ڈیپارٹمنٹ چوکویساکا”
  • Urdu: “محکمہ چوکویساکا”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực hành chính Chuquisaca”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Chuquisaca”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ چوکویزاکا”
  • Wu Chinese: “丘基萨卡省”
  • Yiddish: “טשוקיסאקא דעפארטמענט”
  • Yue Chinese: “朱基薩卡省”
  • “Chuquisaca”

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