Cities

Sucre

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Sucre." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/sucre.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Sucre. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/sucre

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-sucre,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Sucre},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/sucre},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Sucre is the de jure capital city of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department, and the sixth most populous city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country at an elevation of 2,790 m, it is the second-highest capital city in the world after Quito. It had a population of 296,125 as of the 2024 census.

Facts

Population

296,125 1

2024 census figure, from Sucre's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

1768 1

Founding Year

1538 1

Sucre's own Wikipedia infobox gives 1538 for its founding, as La Plata de la Nueva Toledo; the lead paragraph dates the official founding to 29 September 1538.

Population Estimate Year

2024 1

Elevation (m)

2790 1

Latitude

19.0475 degrees south 1

Longitude

65.26 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Bolivia

Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia.

Source Sucre (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Bolivia

Sucre is Bolivia's de jure (constitutional) capital and seat of the judiciary; La Paz, not Sucre, is Bolivia's seat of government (the executive and legislative capital).

Source Sucre (Wikipedia)