# Potosí · Place

> Potosí is a city, placed to about 10 km.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4VY7H63X2H/potosi  
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# Potosí

[19.5892° S, 65.7533° W]

Potosí is a city, placed to about 10 km.

Wikidata's point for the city, the source of much of the silver.

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Placed to about 10 km

## Nearby within 500 km

[Palaspata](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D69YCNC1VWS/palaspata)

Tiwanaku temple site

252 km NW

[Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, Chajnantor plateau, Chile](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQY1Q2C436F/atacama-large-millimeter-submillimeter-array-chajnantor)

radio interferometer

434 km SW

[Kimsachata sandstone quarries](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D69YC5R2Q5F/kimsachata-sandstone-quarries)

quarry

451 km NW

[Puma Punku](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D69YBP40APR/puma-punku)

terraced platform

457 km NW

[Tiwanaku](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D69YBXY52TJ/tiwanaku)

archaeological city

457 km NW

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Potosí [Place PLC0D4VY7H63X2H]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D4VY7H63X2H
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Key

**PLC** 0D4VY7H63X2H

Record

Place

Kind

City

Position

19.5892° S, 65.7533° W

Precision

About 10 km

Version

3

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[ Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35045)

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