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Chorolque also known as Cerro Chorolque is an extinct volcano in the Potosí Department of the Southern Bolivia. The Santa Bárbara settlement is located at a height of 4800 m on the side of the mountain.[3]

Choroloque
Mount Chorolque
Highest point
Elevation	5,615 m (18,422 ft)[1]
Prominence	[2]
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	20°55′7″S 66°2′5″W[2]
Geography
Choroloque Bolivia
Location	Potosí Department, Bolivia

Mining

Mining has led to drastic changes in the slope on all sides of the mountain. Miners have constructed a road up to 5000 m of the mountain. The village of Santa Bárbara, with its 5000 inhabitants, is the highest village in Bolivia, and is located on the western slope of the mountain. The mines are the highest tin and bismuth mines in the world. Mining in the mountain began with the arrival of Western investors in 1889.[2]

Daughter of Chorolque

A 2007 film called Daughter of Chorolque, by Mi-Sun Park, details the lives of women working in the Chorolque mines. Most miners working in Chorolque do not live past 45, necessitating the need for women to also work in the mines, unlike in other parts of Bolivia where women are kept away from mines.[4]

References

На других языках

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[de] Chorolque

Der Cerro Chorolque ist ein erloschener Vulkan im Departamento Potosí im Höhenzug der Cordillera de Chichas im südamerikanischen Anden-Staat Bolivien.

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- [en] Chorolque

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[es] Cerro Chorolque

Cerro Chorolque es un volcán extinto andino de Bolivia, ubicado en la Cordillera de Chichas en el sur del departamento de Potosí.

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[ru] Чоролке

Чоролке (исп. Chorolque) — потухший вулкан в департаменте Потоси в южной Боливии, в горном хребте Кордильера-де-Чичас, высота составляет 5 615 м. На склоне горы на высоте 4 800 м расположен горнодобывающий посёлок Санта-Барбара.

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