Department of Potosí
Flag Coat of arms
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 20°40′0″S 66°40′0″W / 20.66667°S 66.66667°W / -20.66667; -66.66667
Country	Bolivia
Capital	Potosí
Area
• Total	118,218 km2 (45,644 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	823,517
• Density	7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Potosí is a department in Bolivia.^[1] The capital city is also named Potosí.

The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further divided into 40 municipalities ^[2] and then 219 cantons.

Province	Capital	Area km²	Population (2012 census)	Map Number
Alonso de Ibáñez	Sacaca	2.170	29.821	1
Antonio Quijarro	Uyuni	14,890	54,947	12
Bernardino Bilbao	Arampampa	640	10,224	2
Charcas	San Pedro de Buena Vista	2,964	41,214	3
Chayanta	Colquechaca	7,026	97,251	5
Cornelio Saavedra	Betanzos	2,375	55,100	7
Daniel Campos	Llica	12,106	5,850	13
Enrique Baldivieso	San Agustín	2,254	1,684	15
José María Linares	Puna	5,136	49,619	8
Modesto Omiste	Villazón	2,260	44,645	11
Nor Chichas	Cotagaita	8,979	42,248	9
Nor Lípez	Colcha K	20,892	14,057	14
Rafael Bustillo	Uncía	2,235	86,947	4
Sud Chichas	Tupiza	8,516	55,879	10
Sud Lípez	San Pablo de Lípez	22,355	6,835	16
Tomás Frías	Potosí	3,420	229,047	6

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

• 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

20°40′S 66°40′W / 20.667°S 66.667°W / -20.667; -66.667