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Battle of Huaqui

Battle of Huaqui was a battle fought on 20 June 1811 at La Paz Department, in what is now Bolivia. It was part of the Bolivian War of Independence, which ran from 1809 to 1825. The recorded result: Viceroyalty of Peru victory.

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Batalla de Huaqui 20/6/1811. Lado Sur de la Quebrada de Yuraicoragua .
Batalla de Huaqui 20/6/1811. Lado Sur de la Quebrada de Yuraicoragua .. Anibalcesar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought20 June 1811
WhereLa Paz Department, Bolivia16.629S, 68.919W
OutcomeViceroyalty of Peru victory
BelligerentsProvinces of the Río de la PlataagainstKingdom of Spain and the Indies (the Spains); Viceroyalty of Peru
Part ofBolivian War of Independence1809 to 1825

Where it sits in the Bolivian War of Independence

Batalla de Chacaltaya (1809), 1809Battle of Cotagaita, 1810Battle of Huaqui, 1811Combate de Pocona, 1812Battle of Pequereque, 1813Batalla de Santa Bárbara, 181518091815Battle of Huaqui, 1811
6 placed engagements of the Bolivian War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date20 June 1811
PlaceLa Paz Department, Bolivia
16.629S, 68.919W
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength5,000 soldiers and 13,000 native auxiliaries8,000 Indigenous combatants (including 4,700 Indigenous militias from Viceroyalty of Peru)
Commanders
  • Juan José Castelli
  • Antonio González de Balcarce
  • José Manuel de Goyeneche, 1st Count of Guaqui
Battle of HuaquiBattle of HuaquiBattle of IngaviBatalla de Chacaltaya (1809)Siege of La PazAroma BattleBattle of IngaviBatalla de Chacaltaya (1809)Aroma BattleJuliacaPunoIlaveCoroicoCoro CoroPuerto AcostaCharañaAchacachi100 km16.629S, 68.919W
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Battle of Huaqui is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 30 in present-day Bolivia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2888833, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Huaqui, revision 1380857202, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.