Potosí
Potosí is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. Potosí has an elevation of 3,195 metres.- Type: Town with 10,400 residents
- Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Nariño
- Also known as: “Potosi”, “Potosi (belediye)”, “Potosí (belediye)”, “Potosí (Colombia)”, “Potosi belediyesi”, “Potosí belediyesi”, and “Potosí, Nariño”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sanctuary of Las Lajas.
Potosí
- Categories: municipality of Colombia and locality
- Location: Nariño, Pacifica, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
0.8072° or 0° 48′ 26″ north
Longitude
-77.573° or 77° 34′ 23″ west
Population
10,400
Elevation
3,195 metres (10,482 feet)
Open location code
67G4RC4G+VQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Potosí” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Potosí”
- Cebuano: “Potosí”
- Chinese: “波托西”
- Dutch: “Potosí”
- French: “Potosí”
- Galician: “Potosí, Nariño”
- Georgian: “პოტოსი”
- German: “Potosí”
- Irish: “Potosí”
- Italian: “Potosí”
- Kotava: “Potosí”
- Malay: “Potosí, Nariño”
- Malay: “Potosí”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Potosí”
- Persian: “پوتوسی (نارینو)”
- Persian: “پوتوسی”
- Polish: “Potosí (Kolumbia)”
- Polish: “Potosí”
- Portuguese: “Potosí”
- Russian: “Потоси (Колумбия)”
- Russian: “Потоси”
- Scots: “Potosí, Nariño”
- Scots: “Potosí”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Potosí”
- Spanish: “Potosí”
- Swedish: “Potosí”
- Tagalog: “Potosí, Nariño”
- Tagalog: “Potosí”
- Turkish: “Potosí”
- Urdu: “پوتوسی، ناریینو”
- Waray (Philippines): “Potosí, Nariño”
- Waray (Philippines): “Potosí”
- Welsh: “Potosí”
- “Potosí”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Las Lajas and Yamuesquer.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Parque Bolívar and Iglesia Católica de Potosí.
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