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saltpeter Potassium nitrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula . This alkali metal nitrate salt is also known as Indian saltpetre (large deposits of which were historically mined in India). It is an ionic salt of potassium ions K+ and nitrat ...

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Geography

* Salitre (Costa Rica), an indigenous territory of Costa Rica *

Salitre, Ceará Salitre is a municipality of the Northeastern state of Ceará in Brazil. It is located in the southwest corner of the state, being the only municipality to have boundaries with both Piauí and Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the ...

, a municipality of Ceara, Brazil *

El Salitre El Salitre is a town in the municipality of San Martín de Hidalgo in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. It has a population of 2,434 inhabitants. Climate Climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation th ...

, town in Hidalgo, Mexico *

El Salitre (wetland) El Salitre is a small wetland, one of the wetlands of Bogotá. It is located within Salitre Park, close to Salitre Mágico, an amusement park north of Simón Bolívar Park in the locality Barrios Unidos of the Colombian capital Bogotá. The area o ...

, a wetland in Bogotá, Colombia *

Salitre Canton Salitre Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Guayas Province. Its capital is the town of Salitre. Its population at the 2001 census was 50,379. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Montubio 79.5% *Mestizo ...

, Guayas Province, Ecuador *

Salitre River The Salitre River is a river of Bahia state in eastern Brazil. It is a right tributary of the São Francisco River. The river basin includes part of the Morro do Chapéu State Park, created in 1998. See also *List of rivers of Bahia List of ...

, a river in Bahía State, Brazil *

Salitre River, Bogotá The Juan Amarillo, Arzobispo, or Salitre River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River in Colombia. The river originates from various ''quebradas'' in the Eastern Hills, Bogotá, Eastern Hills and flows into th ...

, river on the Bogotá savanna in Colombia

Other uses

* One of the joint

South America air forces maneuvers The South American air forces performs several joint aerial combat training exercises. Among the more important are Cruzex ( pt, Exercício Cruzeiro do Sul ) which is hosted by the Brazilian Air Force, salitre ( en, Saltpeter ) hosted by the Chil ...

Teatro do Salitre ''Teatro do Salitre'' was one of the first theatres in Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It opened on 27 November 1782, changed its name to ''Teatro de Variedades'' in 1858, and was demolished in 1879. For much of its existence it was one of the two ...

, theatre in Lisbon, Portugal between 1782 and 1858