6 Of The World's Highest Inhabited Places That Exist Above 10,000 Feet

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Potosi rests at an elevation of 13,420 ft and is another mining town situated at the bottom of Cerro di Potosi, a mountain said to be made of silver ore.



The population of this town is easily above 240,000 people, and a town with a rich history behind it. It was silver mined in Potosi that was supplied to the New World Spanish Empire between 1556 to 1783.