Tupiza

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Tupiza

Tupiza is a town in Potosí Department

Potosí Department

The Departments of Bolivia of Potos? is in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km? with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potos?....
, Bolivia

Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
. It is located at around at an elevation of about 3160 m. The population is 23,100 (2006 official estimate). Tupiza and its environs are characterized by dramatic red escarpments which jut ruggedly skyward from the coarse, gray terrain; green agricultural land adjacent to the Río Tupiza provides welcome respite from the otherwise arid, thorny surroundings. The area quebradas are susceptible to flash flood runoff from sudden cloudbursts.

Tupiza is the capital of the Sud Chichas Province

Sud Chichas Province

Sud Chichas is a province in the Bolivian Departments of Bolivia of Potos? Department....
within the Potosí Department

Potosí Department

The Departments of Bolivia of Potos? is in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km? with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potos?....
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Tupiza is a town in Potosí Department

Potosí Department

The Departments of Bolivia of Potos? is in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km? with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potos?....
, Bolivia

Bolivia

Sud Chichas Province

Sud Chichas is a province in the Bolivian Departments of Bolivia of Potos? Department....
within the Potosí Department

Potosí Department

The Departments of Bolivia of Potos? is in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km? with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potos?....
. It is accessible via bus from Villazón to the south (and thereby both Argentina

Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
and Tarija

Tarija

Tarija may refer to:* Tarija Department* Tarija, Bolivia, a city...
) and Potosí

Potosi

Potos? or Potosi may refer to:*Bolivia** Potos?, a city, an important mining spot during the Spanish conquest*** Potosi , a German Flying P-Liner sailing ship named after this place...
to the north, as well as via the north-south train which served the mining settlements and runs the same route. From Tupiza, various towns in the local mining districts are accessible, as is the Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 km? . It is located in the Potos? Department and Oruro Department departments of Bolivia in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3,650 meters high....
. Bus accidents with few survivors are not uncommon in this region, due to precipitous dropoffs as the mountainous routes ascend and descend between towns.

Legend has it that Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy , born Robert LeRoy Parker, was a notorious United States train robbery robber, bank robber and leader of the Hole in the Wall Gang....
and the Sundance Kid met their end at the hands of the Bolivian army near Tupiza, concluding their notorious string of bank robbery raids. Various local outfitters provide horseback or jeep tours to the rumored site.

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Tupiza City, Nuestrapiza(Spanish)
Tupiza profile (English)
Tupiza pics, additional materials (Spanish)