Potosí
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.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,100 metres (3,600 feet)
- Description: ruins in Tachira, Venezuela
- Also known as“El Plan de Potosi”“El Potos픓Potosi, Venezuela”“Ruinas de Potosí”
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Latitude
7.95071° or 7° 57′ 3″ north
Longitude
-71.65518° or 71° 39′ 19″ west
Open location code
67VCX82V+7W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Potosí” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Potosí”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بوتوسى”
- German: “Potosí”
- Irish: “Potosí”
- Polish: “Potosí”
- Spanish: “Potosí”
- Spanish: “Pueblo de Potosi”
- Welsh: “Potosí”
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