South America
Old capital city | Country, empire | From | Until | Change, reason |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cuzco | Inca Empire | fl.13th Century | c.1533 | moved to Lima after the Spanish conquest |
Coro | Venezuela, Captaincy General of | 1527 | 1578 | moved to Caracas to prevent an invasion due to its large coastline. |
Antimary | Acre, Republic of | 1899 | 1900 | returned to Bolivia, then incorporated into Brazil |
Perquenco | Araucanía and Patagonia, Kingdom of | 1860 | ? | incorporated to Chile and Argentina |
Paraná | Argentine Confederation | 1853 | 1861 | moved to Buenos Aires, after the secessionist State of Buenos Ayres rejoined Argentina |
Salvador da Bahia | Brazil | 1549 | 1763 | moved to Rio de Janeiro |
Rio de Janeiro | Portugal | 1808 | 1815 | became capital of Portugal when the Portuguese king John VI moved to the colony of Brazil during the war with Napoleonic France in 1808. |
Rio de Janeiro | Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarve; Kingdom of | 1815 | 1825 | It came into being when the colony of Brazil was elevated to the rank of a Kingdom, and the Kingdoms of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve were united as a single State by the title of The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve by a Law issued on December 16, 1815. |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 1763 | 1960 | moved to Brasília |
Concepción | Chile, Kingdom of | 1565 | 1575 | moved to Santiago |
Concepción del Uruguay |
Entre Rios, Republic of |
1820 | 1821 | country dissolved (and incorporated to Argentina) after the death of Francisco Ramírez |
Laguna | Juliana Republic | 1836 | 1836 | reincorporated into the Brazilian Empire after the War of the Farrapos |
Purificación | Liga Federal | 1815 | 1820 | country dissolved |
Tacna | Peru-Bolivian Confederation | 1837 | 1839 | country ceased to exist |
Piratini | Riograndense Republic | 1836 | 1845 | reincorporated into the Brazilian Empire after the War of the Farrapos |
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Read more about this topic: List Of Former National Capitals
Famous quotes related to south america:
“I need not tell you of the inadequacy of the American shipping marine on the Pacific Coast.... For this reason it seems to me that there is no subject to which Congress can better devote its attention in the coming session than the passage of a bill which shall encourage our merchant marine in such a way as to establish American lines directly between New York and the eastern ports and South American ports, and both our Pacific Coast ports and the Orient and the Philippines.”
—William Howard Taft (18571930)