the legal capital and seat of the judiciary of Bolivia; population 274,576 (2009). It is situated in the Andes, at an altitude of 2,700 m (8,860 ft). Named Chuquisaca by the Spanish in 1539, the city was renamed in 1825 in honour of Antonio José de Sucre
(1795–1830), Venezuelan revolutionary and statesman, President of Bolivia 1826-8. He served as Simón Bolívar’s Chief of Staff, liberating Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from the Spanish, and was the first President of Bolivia
the basic monetary unit of Ecuador until 2000, equal to 100 centavos