Potosi
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Bolivia
  • Potosí
    Potosí
    Potosí is a city and the capital of the department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world by elevation at a nominal . and it was the location of the Spanish colonial mint, now the National Mint of Bolivia...

    , a city, an important mining spot during the Spanish colonial rule
  • Potosí Department
    Potosí Department
    Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí....

    , a department
  • Huayna Potosí
    Huayna Potosí
    Huayna Potosí is a mountain in Bolivia, located about 25 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real.Huayna Potosí is the closest high mountain to La Paz, a city which is surrounded by high mountains, and itself is the highest capital city in the world. Huayna Potosí is roughly fifteen miles due...

    , a mountain


Colombia
  • Potosí, Nariño
    Potosí, Nariño
    Potosí is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia....

     a town and municipality


Jamaica
  • Potosi, Trelawny, Jamaica
    Potosi, Trelawny, Jamaica
    Potosi, located in Trelawny, Jamaica, was named after the fabled Bolivian silver mine and originally belonged to Thomas Partridge of St. James . His son, also named Thomas, inherited the property and on his death ownership passed to his two sisters, including Elizabeth...



Mexico
  • San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
    San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
    San Luis Potosí, commonly called SLP or simply San Luis, is the capital of, and most populous city in the Mexican state of the same name. The city lies at an elevation of 1,850 meters...

    , a city
  • San Luis Potosí
    San Luis Potosí
    San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....

    , a state
  • Cerro Potosí
    Cerro Potosí
    Cerro El Potosí is the highest mountain in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range of northeast Mexico. It is located in the state of Nuevo León, about 80 km south of Monterrey....

    , a mountain


Nicaragua
  • Potosí, Rivas
    Potosí, Rivas
    Potosí is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua....

    , a municipality


United States
  • Potosi, Missouri
    Potosi, Missouri
    Potosi is a city in Washington County, Missouri, United States. Potosi is about 10 miles north of Belgrade. The estimated population in July 2008 was 2,698. It was 2,662 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Washington County...

    • Potosi Correctional Center
      Potosi Correctional Center
      Potosi Correctional Center is a Missouri Department of Corrections prison located in unincorporated Washington County, Missouri, near Potosi. The facility currently houses 800 capital punishment, maximum security and high-risk male inmates....

      , a prison near Potosi, Missouri
  • Potosi, Texas
    Potosi, Texas
    Potosi is a census-designated place in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,664 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Potosi is located at...

  • Potosi, Wisconsin
    Potosi, Wisconsin
    Potosi is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 711 at the 2000 census. The village is in the Town of Potosi.-Claim to fame:...

  • Potosi (town), Wisconsin
    Potosi (town), Wisconsin
    Potosi is a town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 831 at the 2000 census. The Village of Potosi is located within the town...

  • Potosi Mining District‎, Nevada
  • Potosi Mountain
    Potosi Mountain
    Potosi Mountain, located in Clark County, Nevada, is one of the six high points surrounding Las Vegas. Potosi Mountain is about southwest of Las Vegas in the Spring Mountains, in Clark County of southern Nevada....

    , Nevada


Venezuela
  • Potosi, Venezuela
    Potosi, Venezuela
    Potosí was a Venezuelan town in the western state of Táchira. The town was deliberately flooded by the Venezuelan government in 1985 to build a hydroelectric dam. The town was uncovered for the first time since its flooding in 2010 due to a drought caused by the weather phenomenon El...

    , a disestablished town in Venezuela

Other uses

  • Potosi (ship)
    Potosi (ship)
    The Potosi was a five-masted steel barque built in 1895 by the German sailing ship company F. Laeisz as a trading vessel. As its shipping route was between Germany and Chile, it was designed to be capable of withstanding the rough weather encountered around Cape Horn.1895: The ultimate of the...

    , a German sailing ship named after the Bolivian city
  • Potosi Pinyon
    Potosi Pinyon
    Pinus culminicola, commonly known as Potosi Pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native and endemic to northeast Mexico. The range is highly localised, confined to a small area of high summits in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila and Nuevo León, and only abundant on the highest...

     (Pinus culminicola), a species of pine tree native to northeast Mexico
  • Potosi pupfish
    Potosi pupfish
    Potosi pupfish is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It was endemic to Mexico, but is now extinct in the wild.-Source:* Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 13 May 2008....

    (Cyprinodon alvarezi), a species of fish once endemic to Mexico, but now extinct in the wild
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