Uyuni
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Place details
- Locality
- Uyuni
- Region
- Potosí
- Country
- Bolivia
- Population
- 10,293
- Timezone
- America/La_Paz
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Uyuni
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Uyuni Potosi Ave Aerial.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Plaza Arce adjoins Potosí Avenue to mark the center of town.
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera_de_Uyuni.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bolivia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Bolivia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Bolivia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Potosí Department
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Bolivia
- Located in
- Uyuni Municipality
- Population
- +29672
- Elevation
- +3670
- Capital of
- Antonio Quijarro Province
- Image
- Town Centre Uyuni Bolivia.jpg
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- Uyuni Municipality
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Article
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- Transport
- Tourist attractions
- Train cemetery
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- Climate
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Uyuni (Aymara, uyu pen, yard, cemetery, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got a pen", "the one with a pen") is a city in the southwest of Bolivia.
Uyuni primarily serves as a gateway for tourists visiting the world's largest salt flats, the nearby Salar de Uyuni. Each year the city receives approximately 60,000 visitors from around the globe. The city also acts as a gateway for commerce and traffic crossing into and out of Bolivia from and to Chile, and there is a customs and immigration post downtown. Agriculture in the area is generally limited to quinoa, llamas, and sheep.