QUALITY X'FINE, 2017 COMMEMORATIVE COINS OF 2 BOLIVIANS:
GENOVEVA RIOS, BATTALION COLORADOS, EDUARDO AVAROA, PORT OF COBIJA (LA MAR PORT).
Genoveva Ríos (1865?)-was a Bolivian woman, considered a hero of the war of the Pacific in
his country.
According to the history of Bolivia, in February 1879, rivers, then 14 years old, protected the
Bolivian flag from the building of the administration of the police of Antofagasta during the
Chilean occupation of the Bolivian port, which began the war of the Pacific.
RI 1 Colorados of Bolivia infantry regiment is a military unit of the Bolivian army that Regiment
is presidential bodyguard whose specific mission is to safeguard the safety and physical
integrity of the President of the plurinational State and charge the custody of the Government Palace and presidential residence is located.
ORT OF COBIJA, LITORAL DISTRICT OF COBIJA.
According to a treaty of 1866, the border between Chile and Bolivia was established on the 24th parallel, but establishing an area of common interests between 23 ° and 25 ° south latitude. On January 2, 1867, the government of President Mariano Melgarejo created the Department of the Coast, divided into two provinces, La Mar, with capital in Cobija, which was also the capital of the department, and Atacama, with capital in San Pedro de Atacama
The administrative division of the department was modified on October 24, 1871, during the government of President Agustín Morales, dividing the department of the Litoral into four districts:
Coastal District of Cobija
Litoral de Mejillones District
Mineral District of Snails
District of Atacama.
Eduardo Abaroa Hidalgo (San Pedro de Atacama, October 13, 1838 - Calama, March 23, 1879) was a Bolivian merchant and businessman.
After the outbreak of the War of the Pacific in 1879, which pitted his country against Chile, he voluntarily joined the Bolivian troops. During the Chilean invasion, he led civil resistance at the Battle of Topáter, where he died. Currently, he is considered one of the most important Bolivian heroes of the Pacific War and was posthumously recognized as a colonel.
X'F 2017 MONEDAS CONMEMORATIVAS DE 2 BOLIVIANOS:
GENOVEVA RÍOS , BATALLON COLORADOS, EDUARDO AVAROA Y PUERTO DE COBIJA (PUERTO LA MAR).