{{Short description|Extinct volcano in Potosí Department, Bolivia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Choroloque | image = La Leona Chorolque.jpg | image_caption = Mount Chorolque | elevation_m = 5615 | elevation_ref =<ref name="BT"/> | prominence_ref = <ref name="SP">{{cite summitpost |id=724097 |name=Cerro Chorolque |accessdate=2017-02-11}}</ref> | listing = Ultra | translation = | language = | location = Potosí Department, Bolivia | range = | map = Bolivia | map_caption = Bolivia | coordinates = {{coord|20|55|7|S|66|2|5|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="SP" /> | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Chorolque''', also known as Cerro Chorolque, is an extinct volcano in the Potosí Department of southern Bolivia. The Santa Bárbara settlement is located at a height of 4800 m on the side of the mountain.<ref name="UB"/> thumb|left|The mining town of Santa Bárbara
==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.<ref name="SP" />
==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.<ref name="TF">{{cite web|url=http://trentofestival.it/en/archive/2009/daughter-of-chorolque/ |title=DAUGHTER OF CHOROLQUE |publisher=Trento Film Festival |accessdate=11 February 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160008/http://trentofestival.it/en/archive/2009/daughter-of-chorolque/ |archivedate=11 February 2017 }}</ref>
== References == <references>
<ref name="BT"> {{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Chorolque |title=Mount Chorolque |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=11 February 2017 |url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211160827/https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Chorolque |archivedate=11 February 2017 }}</ref> <ref name="UB"> {{cite web|url=https://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/5000mtn/chorolque.html |title=Cerro Chorolque |publisher=University of Bergen |access-date=11 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025135329/http://www.ii.uib.no/~petter/mountains/5000mtn/chorolque.html |archive-date=25 October 2016 }}</ref>
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Category:Five-thousanders of the Andes Category:Mountains of Bolivia