Pomabamba

Pomabamba lies in the mountain valleys of southern Chuquisaca, east of the Bolivian highlands. During the wars of independence this rugged country sheltered patriot forces led by Juana Azurduy and Manuel Ascencio Padilla. In 1814 royalist success at Pomabamba forced Azurduy to withdraw towards the valley of Segura, part of a long struggle fought across the valleys and ridges of Upper Peru.