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- 1. a city in southern Bolivia; population 153,328 (2009). At an altitude of about 13,758 feet (4,205 m), it is one of the highest cities in the world.
Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal 4,090 m (13,420 ft). [3]
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Jun 1, 2020 · The great mining city of Potosí, in the highlands of what is today southern Bolivia, was the foremost source of silver in the early modern world, the crown jewel of the Spanish Empire in its heyday, and one of the world’s most populous urban settings in the late sixteenth to early seventeenth centuries. One traveler called it “The Eighth ...
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- 2020
Potosí, city, southern Bolivia, 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Sucre. One of the world’s highest cities (elevation 13,290 feet [4,050 metres]), it stands on a cold and barren plateau in the shadow of fabled Potosí Mountain (also called Cerro Rico [“Rich Mountain”]), which is honeycombed with.
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May 11, 2018 · Potosí, a city and region that was the most famous silver-mining center of the Spanish Empire. The Villa Imperial (Imperial Town) of Potosí was the envy of Spain's rivals throughout the colonial era. It perches high (ca. 13,100 feet) in the eastern range of the Andes in southern Bolivia, inland from the altiplano.
noun. a city in S Bolivia, at an altitude of 4066 m (13 340 ft): one of the highest cities in the world; developed with the discovery of local silver in 1545; tin mining; university (1571). Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
potosí. masculine noun. fortune. cuesta un potosí it costs the earth ⧫ it costs a fortune. vale un potosí it’s worth a fortune. ella vale un potosí she’s a treasure ⧫ she’s worth her weight in gold. en ese negocio tienen un potosí they’ve got a gold mine in that business.
Potosí is a city in southern Bolivia, 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Sucre, the national capital. It is one of the world's highest cities, at an elevation of 13,290 feet (4,050 meters). It sits on a barren plateau in the shadow of the Cerro de Potosí—sometimes referred to as the Cerro Rico ("rich mountain")—a mountain of silver ore, which ...
