<P> In 1898 , La Paz was made the de facto seat of the national government , with Sucre remaining the nominal historical as well as judiciary capital . This change reflected the shift of the Bolivian economy away from the largely exhausted silver mines of Potosí to the exploitation of tin near Oruro , and resulting shifts in the distribution of economic and political power among various national elites . </P>
<P> In 1898 , La Paz was made the de facto seat of the national government , with Sucre remaining the nominal historical as well as judiciary capital . This change reflected the shift of the Bolivian economy away from the largely exhausted silver mines of Potosí to the exploitation of tin near Oruro , and resulting shifts in the distribution of economic and political power among various national elites . </P>
when did la paz become the capital of bolivia
when did la paz become the capital of bolivia
1898
1898