page_title: Padilla, Bolivia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Padilla, Bolivia / History
caption_attribution_description: Español: Manuel A Padilla
context_page_description: Padilla is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia, located southeast by road from Tomina Province. It is the centre of the municipality of the same name. As of 2010, it had an estimated population of 3697, an increase on the 2001 census figure of 2714, and a decrease from ca. 1904 when its population was approximately 6,000.
context_section_description: Padilla was established on June 23, 1583. Along with Tomina, Padilla was originally established as a fort against eastern Indian warriors, the Chiriguanos (Guaraní). Captain Don Miguel Martinez established the town in 1583 under the name of San Miguel de La Laguna. After it was destroyed by the Chiriguanos, the town was re-established by the Spanish Captain Melchor de Rodas who renamed it San Juan de Rodas.  However, it soon reverted to La Laguna. It then played a strategic role containing invasions by the indigenous chiriguanas.  The town eventually became the seat of the military, civil authority and ecclesiastical leadership, becoming the capital of the Tomina Province.
  In 1809, it became the headquarters of the guerrilla chief Manuel Ascencio Padilla (died 1816, El Villar), husband of Juana Azurduy de Padilla who shared his love of the Bolivian indigenous populations. By 1827, it was renamed Padilla in honor of the province's patriot. During the period of 1882 to 1888, Padilla's judicial archives contained 211 cases of cattle rustling and five armed attacks.  By 1905, the crime rate had risen to 296 cases of cattle rustling and 28 armed attacks.  Between 1910 and 1930, a steep rise in the crime rate occurred. The most common profession listed for those brought to trial was "laborer".
caption: Photo of Manuael Ascencio Padilla after whom the town was renamed.
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