potosi

Potosí or Potosi may refer to the following topics, whose names generally originate from the name of Potosí, a city in modern-day Bolivia that was the center of world silver production during the reign of the Spanish Empire:

Places

= United States =

Potosi, Missouri, in Washington County
Potosi, Nevada, a ghost town in Clark County, Nevada
Potosi, Texas, in Taylor County
Potosi (town), Wisconsin, in Grant County
Potosi, Wisconsin, a village within the Town of Potosi

=Elsewhere=

Potosí, the capital of Potosí Department, Bolivia, a silver mining center and UNESCO World Heritage Site
Potosí Department, a department in southwestern Bolivia
Potosi, Venezuela, a disestablished town in Táchira
San Luis Potosí City, capital and most populous city of San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Mountains

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
Huayna Potosí, a mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia
Wayna Potosí (Oruro), a mountain in the Oruro Department, Bolivia

Other uses

Potosi (barque), an 1895 German sailing ship named after the Bolivian city
Potosi Correctional Center, a prison near Potosi, Missouri
Potosi Mining District, in Clark County, Nevada
Potosi, Trelawny, Jamaica, a former sugar plantation
Potosi Pinyon (Pinus culminicola), a species of pine tree native to northeast Mexico
Potosi pupfish (Cyprinodon alvarezi), a species of fish once endemic to Mexico, but now extinct in the wild