| Vallegrande | |
  Vallegrande
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| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Santa Cruz Department |
| Province | Vallegrande Province |
| Elevation | 6,660 ft (2,030 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
| - Total | 6,000 |
Vallegrande (Spanish: "Big Valley") is a small town in Bolivia, located in the Department of Santa Cruz, some 125 km (bee-line) southwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. |||} Bolivia is divided into 9 departments (departamentos These are (with their capitals indicated in parentheses Beni ( Trinidad) Government and Administration According to current Constitution, the highest authority in the department lies with the prefect (prefecto similar to a governor but |||}The departments of Bolivia are divided into 100 Provinces which are further divided into municipalities. Vallegrande is a Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. |||} Bolivia is divided into 9 departments (departamentos These are (with their capitals indicated in parentheses Beni ( Trinidad) Government and Administration According to current Constitution, the highest authority in the department lies with the prefect (prefecto similar to a governor but Santa Cruz de La Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital city of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia. It is the capital of the Vallegrande Province and serves as a regionally important market town. Vallegrande is a Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. The town lies in a big valley (whence the name) at an altidude of 2. 030 m and has approximately 6,000 inhabitants. It has a mild climate due to its valley location, and the main industry in the area is agriculture.
Vallegrande was founded by the Spanish in 1612 under the name Ciudad de Jesús y Montes Claros de los Caballeros del Vallegrande (Town of Jesus and Montes Claros of the knights of Vallegrande). Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. During the 18th and 19th centuries Vallegrande steadily grew and became the urban and cultural center of the region with a population of 25,000 by 1900. In the 20th century, though, concurrent with the rise of the nearby Santa Cruz, Vallegrande's importance gradually declined.
Vallegrande can be accessed via a spur road branching off the (old, southern) Santa Cruz to Cochabamba highway and has an airstrip. Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a Valley bearing the same name in the Andes Mountain range.
It was on the airstrip in Vallegrande that the remains of Che Guevara were discovered in 1997. Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed Guevara had been buried in this location after his execution in the nearby village of La Higuera in 1967. La Higuera ( Spanish "The Fig Tree") is a small village in Bolivia located in the Department of Santa Cruz, some 150 km (bee-line
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