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Potosí (Spanish pronunciation:[potoˈsi]; Aymara: Putusi; Quechua: P'utuqsi) 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.
In March 2023, social organisations in four regions of Potosí, with the support of regional MAS-IPSP lawmakers, called for a strike spanning over 72 hours, to force the government to raise infrastructure investments in the department and to receive an increased amount of the profits generated through lithium mining in the region.[3] Shortly after the strike an agreement with the central government could be reached, stipulating the construction of motorways and a cement plant and further discussions about mining conditions.[3]
Under the 2009 Constitution, each Bolivian department has an elected Departmental Legislative Assembly. The first elections were held 4 April 2010.
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]
Demographicsedit
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1976
657,743
—
1992
645,889
−0.11%
2001
709,013
+1.04%
2012
828,093
+1.42%
2020
901,600
+1.07%
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
The languages spoken in the department are mainly Quechua, Spanish and Aymara. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.[8]
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish March 2017 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Spanish article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 5 228 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at es Departamento de Potosi see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated es Departamento de Potosi to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Potosi Spanish pronunciation potoˈsi Aymara Putusi Quechua P utuqsi is a department in southwestern Bolivia It comprises 118 218 km2 with 823 517 inhabitants 2012 census The capital is the city of Potosi 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 Departamento de Potosi Spanish P utuqsi Suyu Southern Quechua DepartmentCerro Lipez a stratovolcanoFlagCoat of armsLocation within BoliviaCoordinates 20 40 0 S 66 40 0 W 20 66667 S 66 66667 W 20 66667 66 66667Country BoliviaCapitalPotosiGovernment BodyDepartmental Legislative Assembly of Potosi GovernorJhonny Mamani MAS IPSP Area Total118 218 km2 45 644 sq mi Population 2020 Total901 600 Density7 6 km2 20 sq mi Time zoneUTC 4 BOT HDI 2019 0 631 1 medium 9th of 9GDP 2023 in constant values of 2015 2 TotalUS 1 8 billionInt 4 2 billion PPP Per capitaUS 1 900Int 4 400 PPP Cerro Potosi was the richest province in the Spanish empire providing a great percentage of the silver that was shipped to Europe Potosi is also the location of the San Cristobal 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 Laguna Colorada with flamingos in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve Contents 1 History 2 Government 2 1 Executive offices 2 2 Legislative Assembly 3 Demographics 4 Provinces of Potosi Department 5 Economy 5 1 Mining 6 Languages 7 Places of interest 8 Notable people 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHistory editIn March 2023 social organisations in four regions of Potosi with the support of regional MAS IPSP lawmakers called for a strike spanning over 72 hours to force the government to raise infrastructure investments in the department and to receive an increased amount of the profits generated through lithium mining in the region 3 Shortly after the strike an agreement with the central government could be reached stipulating the construction of motorways and a cement plant and further discussions about mining conditions 3 Government editExecutive offices edit The chief executive office of Bolivia departments since May 2010 is the governor until then the office was called the prefect and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the President of Bolivia The current governor Jhonny Mamani of the Movement for Socialism Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples was elected on 7 March 2021 4 Took office Office expired Prefect Governor Party Notes23 Jan 2006 30 May 2010 Mario Virreira Iporre MAS IPSP First elected prefect Elected in Bolivian general election December 200530 May 2010 31 May 2015 Felix Gonzales MAS IPSP Elected in regional election on 4 April 2010 with 63 1 of the vote first governor 31 May 2015 15 Nov 2019 Juan Carlos Cejas MAS IPSP Elected in regional election on 29 March 2015 15 Nov 2019 3 May 2021 Omar Veliz Ramos MAS IPSP3 May 2021 Jhonny Mamani MAS IPSP Elected in regional election on 7 March 2021 4 Legislative Assembly edit Under the 2009 Constitution each Bolivian department has an elected Departmental Legislative Assembly The first elections were held 4 April 2010 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 editHistorical populationYearPop p a 1976657 743 1992645 889 0 11 2001709 013 1 04 2012828 093 1 42 2020901 600 1 07 Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Source Citypopulation 6 Provinces of Potosi Department editThe 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 Map Number nbsp Alonso de Ibanez Sacaca 2 170 29 821 1Antonio Quijarro Uyuni 14 890 54 947 12Bernardino Bilbao Arampampa 640 10 224 2Charcas San Pedro de Buena Vista 2 964 41 214 3Chayanta Colquechaca 7 026 97 251 5Cornelio Saavedra Betanzos 2 375 55 100 7Daniel Campos Llica 12 106 5 850 13Enrique Baldivieso San Agustin 2 254 1 684 15Jose Maria Linares Puna 5 136 49 619 8Modesto Omiste Villazon 2 260 44 645 11Nor Chichas Cotagaita 8 979 42 248 9Nor Lipez Colcha K 20 892 14 057 14Rafael Bustillo Uncia 2 235 86 947 4Sud Chichas Tupiza 8 516 55 879 10Sud Lipez San Pablo de Lipez 22 355 6 835 16Tomas Frias Potosi 3 420 229 047 6Economy editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2023 Mining edit Pando mine Gold Salar de Uyuni mine Lithium San Vicente mine Silver Languages editLanguage Department BoliviaQuechua 514 421 2 281 198Aymara 57 738 1 525 321Guarani 374 62 575Another native 356 49 432Spanish 438 204 6 821 626Foreign 3 771 250 754Only native 226 967 960 491Native and Spanish 301 280 2 739 407Spanish and foreign 136 980 4 115 751The languages spoken in the department are mainly Quechua Spanish and Aymara The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers 8 Places of interest editEduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve Torotoro National Park Laguna Colorada Laguna Verde Laguna Blanca Salar de Uyuni Potosi UyuniNotable people editJuana Azurduy de Padilla guerrilla military leader Manuel Ascencio Padilla namesake of the town of Padilla Bolivia Modesto Omiste Tinajeros writer politician and namesake of the province Modesto Omiste See also editProvinces of BoliviaReferences edit 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 Potosi Jhonny Mamani eabolivia com in Spanish Retrieved 26 March 2023 Directiva de la Asamblea Legislativa Departamental de Potosi 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 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Potosi Department Potosi Travel Guide Weather in Potosi Bolivian Music and Web Varieties Full information of Potosi Department20 40 S 66 40 W 20 667 S 66 667 W 20 667 66 667 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Potosi Department amp oldid 1201884734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
