Potosí Depairtment
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Potosí Depairtment is a depairtment in soothwastren Bolivie. It comprises 118,218 km² wi 709,013 indwallers (2001 census). The caipital is the ceety o Potosí. It is maistly a barren, muntainous region wi ane muckle plateau tae the wast, whaur the mucklest salt flat in the warld, Salar de Uyuni, is locatit.
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Depairtment o Potosí | |
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![]() Location athin Bolivia | |
Coordinates: 20°40′0″S 66°40′0″W | |
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Caipital | Potosí |
Govrenment | |
• Prefect | Mario Virreira |
Area | |
• Total | 118218 km2 (45,644 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 709,013 |
• Density | 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
HDI (2004) | - |
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Potosí wis the richest province in the Spaingie Empire, providin a great percentage o the siller that wis shippit tae Europe.
It is the location o the San Cristóbal siller, zinc an lead mines an aw, developit bi the US-company Apex Siller Mines Leemitit o Colorado an in November 2008 sauld tae the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation.