Chuquisaca ( Spanish pronunciation: [tʃukiˈsaka] ); Guarani : Chuquisaca ; Quechua : Chuqichaka ; Aymara : Chuqisaka ) 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.
20-2069: Camargo may refer to: Places [ edit ] Bolivia [ edit ] Camargo, Chuquisaca Brazil [ edit ] Camargo, Rio Grande do Sul Mexico [ edit ] Camargo Municipality, Chihuahua Camargo, Chihuahua , the municipal seat Camargo Municipality, Tamaulipas Spain [ edit ] Camargo, Spain United States [ edit ] Camargo, Illinois Camargo, Kentucky Camargo, Mississippi Camargo, Oklahoma People [ edit ] Surname [ edit ] Ángel Camargo (born 1967), Colombian road cyclist Daniel Camargo (born 1991), Brazilian ballet dancer Daniel Camargo Barbosa (1930–1994) prolific Colombian serial killer and rapist Diego Muñoz Camargo ( c. 1529 –1599), Mexican historian Fernando Camargo (born 1977), Colombian road cyclist Hebe Camargo (1929–2012), Brazilian television presenter Hélio Ferraz de Almeida Camargo (1922–2006), Brazilian zoologist and lawyer Iberê Camargo , (1914–1994), Brazilian painter Joel Camargo (1946–2014), Brazilian professional footballer Johan Camargo (born 1993), Panamanian baseball player Luiz Camargo (born 1987), Brazilian footballer María Constanza Camargo , Colombian cancer epidemiologist Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo (1710–1770), French/Belgian dancer Marina Camargo , Brazilian artist Sergio Camargo (born 1994), Canadian soccer player Sérgio de Camargo (1930–1990), Brazilian sculptor Wanessa Camargo (born 1982), Brazilian singer-songwriter Given name [ edit ] Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993), Brazilian composer Other uses [ edit ] Camargo (ballet) , an 1872 ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa and composed by Ludwig Minkus La Camargo (opera) (1878), by Charles Lecocq La Camargo , an 1897 unpublished opera by Wolf-Ferrari La Camargo (1912),
40-731: A ballet choreographed by Adeline Genée and composed by Dora Bright Camargo (yacht) , a 1928 yacht owned by Julius Fleischmann, Jr. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Camargo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Camargo&oldid=1159424177 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Portuguese-language surnames Spanish-language surnames Hidden categories: Short description
60-484: A database of plant species in Bolivia and identified 39 separate vegetation zones in Bolivia within twelve general physiographic-biogeographical units of which four fall in the boundaries of Chuquisaca Department including: Cordillera Oriental Central y Meridional, Prepuna or High Interandean Valleys, Bolivian-Tucuman Formation, and Chaco. Using Navarro and Ferreira's categories and descriptions based on vegetation zones,
80-555: A high level of speciation especially in the dry forest river valleys of the Bolivian-Tucuman formation. colder and drier air from more austral parts of South America have resulted in migration of plant communities with a floristic connection to those in Argentina, Paraguay and Southern Brazil as opposed to more tropical plant communities that result from warm and moist northern climates. Navarro and Ferreira have developed
100-463: A human population of 631,000 people humans are a part of the ecology of Chuquisaca. The grazing of cattle and introduction of invasive feral citrus trees has affected the native plant populations in the department. Native forests and ecosystems have contracted as land has been converted to pasture and erosion is widespread as a result of human agricultural activities on steep slopes. The chief executive office of Bolivia departments (since May 2010)
120-504: Is characterized by a mesotropical dry xeric bioclimatic zone . Seasonally torrential waters and salinity levels affect regional vegetation patterns in this zone. Bolivian-Tucuman Formation. With a wide elevation range between 600m to 3900m this zone contains pluviestacional subhumid and locally humid bioclimatic zones. The high elevation Rio Grande and Pilcomayo river valleys transect this unit and are characterized by dry xeric vegetation zones with endemic and varied speciation especially in
140-612: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Camargo, Chuquisaca Camargo is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia in the South American Andes . Camargo is the capital of Nor Cinti Province and is situated in Camargo Municipio , embedded between north-southerly mountain ridges, at an elevation of 2,414 m, on
160-453: Is the governor; until then, the office was called the prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the president of Bolivia . The current governor, Damián Condori Herrera, member of the CST , was elected on 7 March 2021. Under the 2009 Constitution, each Bolivian department has an elected Departmental Legislative Assembly. The first elections were held 4 April 2010. The majority party in
180-572: 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
200-581: The Charcas, who were dispersed along riverbanks and lowlands. Their leaders, jampiris , sorcerers, and priests resided in the capital, Choque-Chaca , which according to 17th century chronicles had a population of several thousand. Sucre (elev. 2750 m) is called the city of the four names, each name corresponding to a different period of its history. It was founded by the Spaniard Pedro de Anzures in 1538. It thrived due to its regional proximity to
220-689: The Rio Grande river valley and vegetation influence from the Chaco in the Pilcomayo river valley. Wet forest ecosystems like those found in more northern Yungas valleys are found on high ridges where clouds form. Chaco : from 400 to 900 m this unit is characterized by a xeric bioclimate. Sandy soils in this unit were formed from alluvial processes from the Parapeti and Grande rivers. Soil drainage affects vegetation dispersion within this unit. With
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#1732776293834240-658: The banks of Río Chico which later becomes Río Pilaya . Camargo is located 350 km south of the department capital Sucre , along Ruta 1 , one of Bolivia's major roads which is 1,215 km long and goes from the Peruvian border in the north to the Argentine border in the south. The Camargo family comes from here. The population of the town has increased by 50% over the past two decades, from 3,789 inhabitants (1992 census ) to 4,502 (2001 census) and 5,685 (2008 estimation). Chuquisaca Department The department
260-483: The department of Chuquisaca vary widely according to a diversity of abiotic factors including soil formation and textures, rainfall patterns, and mineral and salinity content of water. Elevation plays an important role in the dispersion of vegetation species and wider ecosystems as they respond to microclimates. As the Andes Mountains became uplifted, plants adapted to dryer and higher microclimates resulting in
280-596: The famous silver mines of Potosi, and as Charcas served as capital of the Real Audiencia de Charcas, encompassing all of current Bolivia's territory and more. Reverting to its native name of Chuquisaca, it was the Upper Peru's chief administrative center and largest city. It was there that the first public call for independence from Spain took place, on May 25, 1809, and where the Act of Independence from Spanish rule
300-614: The geographical and ecological characteristics of the Chuquisaca Department can be described as follows. Cordillera Oriental Central y Meridional. From an elevation of 3200m in Chuquisaca to nearly 6000 meters in Potosi, this zone is characterized by the puna, altoandean, and subnival and nival ecological zones with a pluviestacional subhumid bioclimate. Prepuna or High Interandean Valley. From 2300m to 3200m, this zone
320-460: The regular seats. The current executive committee, elected on 28 April 2022, consists of Santos Ricardo Carnicel Serrano as president, Evert Cruz Quiroga as first vice-president, Janeth Rocio Blanco Martínez as second vice-president, Juan Cuellar as first secretary and Anastacio Flores Pinto as second secretary. The department is divided into 10 provinces which are further subdivided into municipalities and cantons . The native inhabitants were
340-495: 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 elevation flat Chaco topography. 90% of the land in the department of Chuquisaca has an inclination of 70% or more. Ecological and vegetation zones in
360-449: The tin-producing regions of Oruro and La Paz, Sucre's importance waned, leading to the displacement of the legislative and executive powers to La Paz. However, in honor of Sucre's historical preponderance, the judicial branch (Supreme Court) continues to operate there, and the city's official status as capital of the country was never revoked. The languages spoken in the department are mainly Spanish and Quechua . The following table shows
380-651: The twenty-one member assembly after the first election was held by the Movement towards Socialism (MAS-IPSP) with 15 seats. Four seats were held by We Are All Chuquisaca . Two seats were selected by the Guaraní people through usos y costumbres . The last elections to the Departmental Legislative Assembly took place on 1 March 2021 for seats reserved for the Guaraní people and 7 March for
400-506: Was signed on August 6, 1825. It was immediately designated the capital of independent Bolivia, under the auspices of Simon Bolivar and Antonio Jose de Sucre. Years later, the city of Chuquisaca was renamed Sucre in honor of the Venezuelan-born hero of South America's independence, who had served as the first effective administrator of the country (and second president). When the center of political and economic power shifted north, to
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