Potosí Department
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Potosí
Departamento de Potosí ( Cerro Lipez , a stratovolcano | |
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Int$ 4,400 (PPP ) |
Potosí (Spanish pronunciation: [potoˈsi]; Quechua: P'utuqsi; Aymara: Putusi) is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km2 with 823,517 inhabitants (2012 census). The capital is the city of Potosí. It is mostly a barren, mountainous region with one large plateau to the west, where the largest salt flat in the world, Salar de Uyuni, is located.
Potosi is also the location of the San Cristóbal silver, zinc and lead mines, developed by the US-company Apex Silver Mines Limited of Colorado and in November 2008 sold to the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation.
History
In March 2023, social organisations in four regions of Potosí, with the support of regional
Government
Executive offices
The chief executive office of
Took office | Office expired | Prefect/Governor | Party | Notes |
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23 Jan 2006 | 30 May 2010 | Mario Virreira Iporre | MAS-IPSP
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First elected prefect. Elected in Bolivian general election, December 2005 |
30 May 2010 | 31 May 2015 | Félix Gonzáles | MAS-IPSP | Elected in regional election on 4 April 2010 with 63.1% of the vote; first governor.
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31 May 2015 | 15 Nov 2019 | Juan Carlos Cejas | MAS-IPSP | Elected in regional election on 29 March 2015.
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15 Nov 2019 | 3 May 2021 | Omar Veliz Ramos | MAS-IPSP | |
3 May 2021 | Jhonny Mamani | MAS-IPSP | Elected in regional election on 7 March 2021.[4] |
Legislative Assembly
Under the 2009 Constitution, each Bolivian department has an elected Departmental Legislative Assembly. The
The current executive committee consists of Jacinto Sunagua Dorado as president, Raimunda Cordero Caba as vice-president and Alberto Quispe Mamani as secretary and Blanca Celia Burgos Quispe and Leon Jancko Condori as first and second committee member, respectively.[5]
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1976 | 657,743 | — | ||
1992 | 645,889 | −0.11% | ||
2001 | 709,013 | +1.04% | ||
2012 | 828,093 | +1.42% | ||
2020 | 901,600 | +1.07% | ||
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Source: Citypopulation[6] |
Provinces of Potosi Department
The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further subdivided into 40 municipalities[7] (municipios) and 219 cantons (cantones).
Province | Capital | Area km2 | Population (2012 census) |
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Alonso de Ibáñez | Sacaca | 2.170 | 29.821 | 1 | |
Antonio Quijarro | Uyuni | 14,890 | 54,947 | 12 | |
Bernardino Bilbao | Arampampa | 640 | 10,224 | 2 | |
Charcas | San Pedro de Buena Vista | 2,964 | 41,214 | 3 | |
Chayanta | Colquechaca | 7,026 | 97,251 | 5 | |
Cornelio Saavedra | Betanzos | 2,375 | 55,100 | 7 | |
Daniel Campos | Llica | 12,106 | 5,850 | 13 | |
Enrique Baldivieso | San Agustín | 2,254 | 1,684 | 15 | |
José María Linares | Puna | 5,136 | 49,619 | 8 | |
Modesto Omiste | Villazón | 2,260 | 44,645 | 11 | |
Nor Chichas | Cotagaita
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8,979 | 42,248 | 9 | |
Nor Lípez | Colcha K | 20,892 | 14,057 | 14 | |
Rafael Bustillo | Uncía | 2,235 | 86,947 | 4 | |
Sud Chichas | Tupiza | 8,516 | 55,879 | 10 | |
Sud Lípez
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San Pablo de Lípez | 22,355 | 6,835 | 16 | |
Tomás Frías | Potosí | 3,420 | 229,047 | 6 |
Economy
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Mining
- Pando mine (Gold)
- Salar de Uyuni mine (Lithium)
- San Vicente mine (Silver)
Languages
Language | Department | Bolivia |
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Quechua
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514,421 | 2,281,198 |
Aymara | 57,738 | 1,525,321 |
Guaraní
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374 | 62,575 |
Another native | 356 | 49,432 |
Spanish | 438,204 | 6,821,626 |
Foreign | 3,771 | 250,754 |
Only native | 226,967 | 960,491 |
Native and Spanish | 301,280 | 2,739,407 |
Spanish and foreign | 136,980 | 4,115,751 |
The languages spoken in the department are mainly
Places of interest
- Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve
- Torotoro National Park
- Laguna Colorada
- Laguna Verde
- Laguna Blanca
- Salar de Uyuni
- Potosí
- Uyuni
Notable people
- Juana Azurduy de Padilla, guerrilla military leader.
- Manuel Ascencio Padilla, namesake of the town of Padilla, Bolivia.
- Modesto Omiste.
See also
References
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "TelluBase—BoliviaFact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ a b Kandt, Lia Helguero (20 March 2023). "Konflikt in Bolivien um Lithiumproduktion vorerst beigelegt". amerika21 (in German). Mondial21 e. V. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Gobernador de Potosí, Jhonny Mamani". eabolivia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Directiva de la Asamblea Legislativa Departamental de Potosí". asambleadepotosi.gob.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Bolivia: Provinces".
- ^ www.bolivia.com (English)
- ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)