🏛️ City of Potosí

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Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal 4,067 m (13,343 ft). Diego Huallpa, an indigenous prospector, is traditionally credited with the discovery of the Cerro Rico in 1545, which led to the founding and rapid growth of Potosí due to its extraordinary silver wealth.

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City of Potosí is a cultural World Heritage site in Bolivia, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why City of Potosí was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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