The Miners market in Potosi, Bolivia
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Potosi in Bolivia is the highest city in the world at 4100 metres above sea level. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The city was built by the Spanish in the seventeenth century when it was found that the Cerro Rico( the Rich mountain) which towers above the city was the world's richest source of silver. The Cerro Rico is still mined by some 7000 miners of which 1000 are children in a number of small cooperatives. The silver is exhausted but tin lead and other less valuable metals are found. The Miners Market at the foot of the mountain is where dynamite, explosives coca leaves cigarettes and food are available