Salitre is Spanish for ''
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 nit ...
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Geography
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Salitre (Costa Rica), an indigenous territory of Costa Rica
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Salitre, Ceará, a municipality of Ceara, Brazil
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El Salitre, town in Hidalgo, Mexico
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El Salitre (wetland), a wetland in Bogotá, Colombia
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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
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Salitre River, a river in Bahía State, Brazil
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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 and flows into the Bogotá River at the ...
, river on the Bogotá savanna in Colombia
Other uses
* One of the joint
South America air forces maneuvers
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Teatro do Salitre, theatre in Lisbon, Portugal between 1782 and 1858
See also
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Saltpeter (disambiguation)
Saltpeter (or saltpetre) is the mineral form of potassium nitrate (KNO3), a compound
It may also sometimes refer to:
* Sodium nitrate
Sodium nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula . This alkali metal nitrate salt is also known a ...
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