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deposits in a hill in the Uru region, which they named San Cristóbal. The city was founded on November 1, 1606, as a silver mining center, under the responsibility of Licentiate Manuel de Castro del Castillo y Padilla, judge of the Royal Audiencia of Charcas. It was named Real Villa de San Felipe de Austria in honor of King Philip III of Spain, grandson of Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.

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