Potosí Department

Potosí is a department in Bolivia. The capital city is also named Potosí.

 Provinces 

The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further divided into 40 municipalities www.bolivia.com (English) and then 219 cantons.

ProvinceCapitalArea km²Population  (2012 census)Map Numbercenter|220pxAlonso de Ibáñez Sacaca2.17029.821	1Antonio QuijarroUyuni14,89054,94712Bernardino BilbaoArampampa64010,2242CharcasSan Pedro de Buena Vista2,96441,2143ChayantaColquechaca7,02697,2515Cornelio SaavedraBetanzos2,37555,1007Daniel CamposLlica12,1065,85013Enrique BaldiviesoSan Agustín2,2541,68415José María LinaresPuna5,13649,6198Modesto OmisteVillazón2,26044,64511Nor ChichasCotagaita8,97942,2489Nor LípezColcha K20,89214,05714Rafael BustilloUncía2,23586,9474Sud ChichasTupiza8,51655,87910Sud LípezSan Pablo de Lípez22,3556,83516Tomás FríasPotosí3,420229,0476

 Places of interest 
 Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve
 Torotoro National Park
 Laguna Colorada 
 Laguna Verde
 Laguna Blanca
 Salar de Uyuni
 Potosí
 Uyuni

Notable people
 Juana 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

References