Editing Bolivia (section)

=== Capital ===

[[File:Plaza in Historic Center - Sucre - Bolivia (3777140400).jpg|thumb|[[Sucre]] is Bolivia's constitutional capital and retains the [[judicial branch]] of government.]]

Bolivia has its constitutionally recognized capital in [[Sucre]], while [[La Paz]] is the seat of government. La Plata (now Sucre) was proclaimed the provisional capital of the newly independent Alto Peru (later, Bolivia) on 1 July 1826.<ref name=DicGeo>{{Cite book | publisher = Impr. "Bolívar" de M. Pizarro | author = Sociedad Geográfica Sucre | title = Diccionario geográfico del Departamento de Chuquisaca: contiene datos geográficos, históricos y estadisticos | year = 1903 | pages = 296–97}}</ref> On 12 July 1839, President [[José Miguel de Velasco]] proclaimed a law naming the city as the capital of Bolivia, and renaming it in honor of the revolutionary leader [[Antonio José de Sucre]].<ref name=DicGeo /> The Bolivian seat of government moved to La Paz at the start of the twentieth century as a consequence of Sucre's relative remoteness from economic activity after the decline of [[Potosí]] and its silver industry and of the Liberal Party in the War of 1899.

The [[Constitution of Bolivia|2009 Constitution]] assigns the role of national capital to Sucre, not referring to La Paz in the text.<ref name="presidencia.gob.bo">{{cite web|url=http://www.presidencia.gob.bo/download/constitucion.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619201729/http://www.presidencia.gob.bo/download/constitucion.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2009 |work=Nueva Constitución Política del Estado |page=4 |quote=I. Sucre is the Capital of Bolivia." |title=Political Constitution of the State, First Part, Title I, Chapter One: Model of State |access-date=14 July 2013}}</ref> In addition to being the constitutional capital, the Supreme Court of Bolivia is located in Sucre, making it the judicial capital. Nonetheless, the [[Palacio Quemado]] (the Presidential Palace and seat of Bolivian [[Executive (government)|executive power]]) is located in La Paz, as are the National Congress and Plurinational Electoral Organ. La Paz thus continues to be the seat of government.