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Salar de Uyuni Travel Guide
Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world’s largest salt flat at 10,582 km² (4,085 square miles). It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3,650 meters high. The major minerals found in the salar are halite and gypsum. Some 40,000 years ago, the [...]
Continue reading...Visit Uyuni Travel Guide Information
8. December 2008
Uyuni is a town in the Potosí Department in the south of Bolivia. Founded in 1890 as a trading post, the town has a population of 10,600 (2006 official estimate). The town has an extensive street-market. It lies at the edge of an extensive plain at an elevation of 3670 meters above sea level, with [...]
Continue reading...Tupiza Travel Information Guide
8. December 2008
Tupiza is a small town in Bolivia close to the border with Argentina. Tupiza is a town in Potosi Department, Bolivia. It is located at an elevation of about 3160 m. The population is 23,100 (2006 official estimate). Tupiza and its environs are characterized by dramatic red escarpments which jut ruggedly skyward from the coarse, gray [...]
Continue reading...Sucre Travel and Tourist Guide
8. December 2008
Sucre is the constitutional capital of Bolivia, seat of the Supreme Court (Corte Suprema de Justicia), and capital of the Chuquisaca department. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an altitude of 2750m (9,000ft). Its lower altitude gives the city a warm temperate climate year-round. On November 30, 1538 Sucre was founded [...]
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8. December 2008
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital city of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia. It is considered the most economically prosperous city in the country. In contrast to La Paz and the other major Bolivian cities located high in the Andes, Santa Cruz lies at an altitude [...]
Continue reading...Travel to Samaipata Information Guide
8. December 2008
The town of Samaipata is located in the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It lies about 120 kilometers to the west of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the foothills of the Andes at an altitude of 1650m. It is a popular resort for inhabitants of Santa Cruz due to its much [...]
Continue reading...Potosi Tourist Guide Information
8. December 2008
Potosi is a city, the capital of the department of Potosi in Bolivia. It is claimed to be the highest city in the world at a nominal 4,090 m.(13,420 feet) It lies beneath the Cerro de Potosi sometimes referred to as the Cerro Rico (“rich mountain”) a mountain popularly conceived of as being “made of” [...]
Continue reading...La Paz Tourist Information Guide
8. December 2008
Nuestra Senora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department. La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, while Sucre is the constitutional capital and the seat of the Supreme Court. La Paz was established in 1542, and is located in the Andes mountains. [...]
Continue reading...Visit Copacabana Travel Guide
8. December 2008
Copacabana is the main Bolivian town on Lake Titicaca, from where boats leave for Isla del Sol, the sacred Inca island. The town has a large 16th-century shrine, the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana. Our Lady of Copacabana is the patron saint of Bolivia. Copacabana is a small town located on the Bolivian shore [...]
Continue reading...Cochabamba Tourist Guide Information
8. December 2008
Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. The name derives from a compound of the Quechua words qhocha, meaning “lake”, and pampa, “open plain”. Residents of the city and surrounding areas are commonly referred to as Cochabambinos. Cochabamba is known as the [...]
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8. December 2008
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