Lake Poopó
Lake Poopó was a large saline lake in a shallow depression in the Altiplano in Oruro Department, Bolivia, at an altitude of approximately 3,700 m. Due to the lake's length and width, it made up the eastern half of Oruro, known as a mining region in southwest Bolivia.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 3,686 metres (12,093 feet)
- Description: salt lake in Bolivia
- Also known as“Lago de Poopó”“Poopo”“Poopó Lake”
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Latitude
-18.82249° or 18° 49′ 21″ south
Longitude
-67.06696° or 67° 4′ 1″ west
Open location code
57HJ5WHM+26
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Lake Poopó” goes by many names.
بحيرة بوبوArabic
ՊոոպոArmenian
Llagu PoopóAsturian
Pü Pü QutaAymara
Poopo gölüAzerbaijani
PoopóBasque
ПаапоBelarusian
পুপু হ্রদBengali
ПоопоBulgarian
Llac PoopóCatalan
Lago PoopóCebuano
普波湖Chinese
波波湖Chinese
ПоопоChuvash
PoopóCroatian
Lago PoopóCzech
PoopóCzech
PoopósøenDanish
PoopómeerDutch
Lago PoopooEsperanto
PoopóEstonian
Poopó järvEstonian
Lago PoopóGalician
პოოპოGeorgian
אגם פופוHebrew
Poopó-tóHungarian
Poopói-tóHungarian
Danau PoopóIndonesian
Lago PoopóItalian
PoopoItalian
ポーポー湖Japanese
ポーポ湖Japanese
ポオポJapanese
ポオポ湖Japanese
ПоопоKazakh
ПоопоKirghiz
포오포호Korean
PoopóLatvian
Poopo ezersLatvian
Popo ezersLatvian
PuwpuLatvian
PoopasLithuanian
PoopoLithuanian
Poopo ežerasLithuanian
Езеро ПоопоMacedonian
Poopó Ô͘Min Nan Chinese
პოოპოMingrelian
PoopósjøenNorwegian
PoopósjøenNorwegian Bokmål
Lac PoopóOccitan (post 1500)
دریاچه پوپوPersian
PoopóPolish
Puwpu quchaQuechua
Lacul PoopóRomanian
АуллагасRussian
ПоопоRussian
PoopóSerbo-Croatian
Poopó (jezero)Serbo-Croatian
PoopóSlovenian
PoopoSwedish
PoopósjönSwedish
PüpüTatar
Poopó GölüTurkish
ПоопоUkrainian
PoopoUzbek
lago PoopóVenetian
波波湖Yue Chinese
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