Villes fantômes
Potosí
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Potosí

Ruines · Venezuela

Abandonné
inconnu
Fondé
—
Population
—
Coordonnées
7.951, -71.655
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Détecté automatiquement d’après le texte : The town was deliberately flooded by the Venezuelan government in 1985 to build a hydroelectric dam.

Histoire

Potosí was a Venezuelan town in the western state of Táchira. The town was deliberately flooded by the Venezuelan government in 1985 to build a hydroelectric dam. In 2010, the town was uncovered for the first time since its flooding due to a drought caused by the weather phenomenon El Niño.

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