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Cerro Rico del Potosí, the first image of Potosi in Europe. Pedro Cieza de León, 1553 View of the imperial city of Potosí in 1758 by Gaspar Miguel de Berrío. Museum of Charcas. [9] Entrance of Archbishop Viceroy Morcillo in Potosí by Melchor Pérez de Holguín, 1716. Painting located at Museo of the Americas (Spain).
Potosi is a city in Washington County, Missouri, United States. Potosi is seventy-two miles southwest of St. Louis. The population was 2,538 as of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. [4] Located in the Lead Belt, the city was founded in 1763 by French colonists as Mine à Breton or Mine au Breton.
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 sold in November 2008 to the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation. Laguna Colorada with flamingos in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve.
Potosi is located where Wisconsin's lead ore belt intersects with the Mississippi. The post office (1837 to present) was originally located between Van Buren and Head of the Hollow, then at Van Buren, then at La Fayette.
The State has a unique position within the country, since it is located in between three major cities; Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara, and near four major ports; Tampico, Altamira, Manzanillo, and Mazatlán. Its varied climate patterns and territory along with extensive communications networks enabled it to maintain attractive business ...
Potosi Mountain (Nevada), U.S. Potosí mountain range or Cordillera de Potosí, to the southeast of the city of Potosí, Bolivia; Potosi Peak, in the Sneffels Range, Colorado, US; Cerro de Potosí, a mountain near the city of Potosí, Bolivia, also known as Cerro Rico; a Spanish colonial mining site; Cerro Potosí, a mountain in Nuevo León, Mexico
In pre-Hispanic times, the territory now occupied by the state of San Luis Potosí included two cultural areas: Mesoamerica and Aridoamerica.While the southern and eastern regions of the state were occupied by Otomi and Huastec kingdoms, its northern and central-west regions, where the city of San Luis now is located, were inhabited by Chichimeca.
Washington County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 23,514. [1] The county seat and largest city is Potosi. [2] The county was officially organized on August 21, 1813, and was named in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United ...