Tupiza is a city in Potosí Department , Bolivia . It is located at an elevation of about 2850 m. The population is 25,709 (2012 estimate). Tupiza and its environs are characterized by dramatic red escarpments which jut ruggedly skyward from the coarse, gray terrain; green agricultural land adjacent to the nearby Tupiza River provides welcome respite from the otherwise arid, thorny surroundings. The area quebradas are susceptible to flash flood runoff from sudden cloudbursts.
4-616: Tupiza is the capital of the Sud Chichas Province within the Potosí Department . It is accessible via bus from Villazón to the south (and thereby both Argentina and Tarija ) and Potosí to the north, as well as via the north-south train which served the mining settlements and runs the same route. From Tupiza, various towns in the local mining districts are accessible, as is the Salar de Uyuni . Legend has it that Butch Cassidy and
8-512: Is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí . Its seat is Tupiza . Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 51' and 21° 50' South and between 65° 15' and 66° 30' West . It borders Nor Chichas Province in the north, Antonio Quijarro Province in the north-west, Nor Lípez Province and Sur Lípez Province in the west,
12-454: The Republic of Argentina and Modesto Omiste Province in the south, Tarija Department in the south-east, and Chuquisaca Department in the east. The province extends over 130 km from east to west and from north to south. The province comprises two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons . The main language of the province is Spanish , spoken by 96%, while 59% of
16-541: The Sundance Kid met their end at the hands of the Bolivian army near Tupiza, concluding their notorious string of bank robbery raids. Various local outfitters provide horseback or jeep tours to the rumored site. Bandera Roja newspaper was founded in 1947. This Potosí Department location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sud Chichas Province Sud Chichas (or: Sur Chichas )
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