Chuquisaca Department

Chuquisaca
Departamento de Chuquisaca (Spanish)
Tetãvore Chuquisaca (Guarani)
Chuqichaka suyu (Quechua)
View of La Laguna Lake
Flag of Chuquisaca
Official seal of Chuquisaca
Location within Bolivia
Location within Bolivia
Country Bolivia
CapitalSucre
Government
 • BodyDepartmental Legislative Assembly of Chuquisaca
 • GovernorDamián Condori Herrera (CST)
Area
 • Total
51,524 km2 (19,894 sq mi)
Population
 (2024 census)
 • Total
600,132
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)
HDI (2019)0.690[1]
medium · 8th of 9
ISO 3166-2BO-H
GDP (2023)in constant Dollar of 2015[2]
 - TotalUS$ 1.4 billion
Int$ 3.3 billion (PPP)
 - Per capitaUS$ 2,100
Int$ 5,000 (PPP)
Websitewww.chuquisaca.gob.bo

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.

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ "TelluBase—BoliviaFact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.

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