Bolivia

Cerro Chorolque

Chorolque also known as Cerro Chorolque is an extinct volcano in the Potosí Department of the Southern Bolivia. The Santa Bárbara settlement is located at a height of 4800 m on the side of the mountain.Mining has led to drastic changes in the slope on all sides of the mountain.

José de San Martín

José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ðe san maɾˈtin] (listen)) or the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru, was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and centra…

Juan José Torres

Juan José Torres González (5 March 1920 – 2 June 1976) was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader who served as the 50th President of Bolivia from 1970 to 1971, when he was ousted in a US-supported coup that resulted in the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer.

Esteban Mariano Arze Alba y Uriona

Sirk'i

Sirk'i (Aymara for wart, also spelled Serkhe) is a 4,962-metre-high (16,280 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia east of Poopó Lake. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sebastián Pagador Province, which is identical to the Santiago de Huari Municipality.

Chullpa

Chullpa (Aymara for an ancient funerary building (chullpa)) is a 4,307-metre-high (14,131 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia east of Poopó Lake. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sebastián Pagador Province, which is identical to the Santiago de Huari Municipality.

Ch'alla Phujru

Ch'alla Phujru (Aymara ch'alla sand, phujru a hole or pit in the earth without water, not very deep, "sand hole", also spelled Challa Phujru) is a 4,904-metre-high (16,089 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia east of Poopó Lake.

Chullpiri

Chullpiri (Aymara chullpa an ancient funerary building, -(i)ri a suffix) is a 5,018-metre-high (16,463 ft) mountain in the Andes of Bolivia east of Poopó Lake. It is located in the Oruro Department, Sebastián Pagador Province, which is identical to the Santiago de Huari Municipality.

Battle of Vilcapugiou

The Battle of Vilcapugio (Quechua: Sacred Well) was an action fought on October 1, 1813 during the second Campaign of Upper Peru in the Argentine War of Independence, where the republican forces led by General Manuel Belgrano were defeated by a royalist army, led by Joaquin de la Pezuela.After the A…

Suchusqa

Suchusqa (Quechua suchuy to slide, -sqa a suffix, "slidden", also spelled Suchuskha) is a mountain in the Bolivian Andes which reaches a height of approximately 4,280 m (14,040 ft). It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, Porco Municipality, southwest of Porco.

El Palmar Integrated Management Natural Area

El Palmar Integrated Management Natural Area (Área Natural de Manejo Integrado El Palmar) - not to be confused with El Palmar National Park in Argentina - is a protected area in Bolivia located in the Chuquisaca Department, Jaime Zudáñez Province.www.fundesnap.org / El Palmar Integrated Managemen…

Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz

Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (13 March 1931 – 17 July 1980) was a noted writer, dramatist, journalist, social commentator, university professor, and socialist political leader from Bolivia.