Mineros
Mineros is a city of Bolivia, capital of the Mineros Municipality of the Santa Cruz Department, 83 km north of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Due to the policy of the 1960s that forced the indigenous people of the Altiplano to immigrate, 23.3% of the population knows how to speak Quechua.- Type: City with 18,300 residents
- Description: human settlement in Bolivia
- Also known as: “Bolivia.”, “Minero”, and “Mineros, Bolivia”
Mineros
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-17.11756° or 17° 7′ 3″ south
Longitude
-63.23327° or 63° 13′ 60″ west
Population
18,300
Elevation
254 metres (833 feet)
Established
October 27th, 1983
Open location code
57JRVQJ8+XM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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