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City in Oruro Department, Bolivia
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From the top, left to right: Virgen del Socavón Church, Diablada, View of the city, Central post office, View of the city and Lake Uru Uru, Lighthouse of Conchupata, Altiplano between the towns of Cahuasi and Caracollo seen from the RN4.
Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru[1] is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation),[2] about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately 3,709 meters (12,169 ft) above sea level.
It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by population, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra, El Alto, La Paz, and Cochabamba. It is the capital of the Department of Oruro and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro. Oruro has been subject to cycles of boom and bust owing to its dependence on the mining industry, notably tin, tungsten (wolfram), silver and copper.
^Yaticha Kamani / Ministerio de Educación, Aymara aru thakhinchawi, Chuqi Yapu 2011
^"World Gazetteer". World-Gazetteer.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.[dead link]
Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre...
Oruro (Spanish pronunciation: [oˈɾuɾo]; Quechua: Uru Uru; Aymara: Ururu) is a department of Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km2 (20,690 sq mi). Its capital...
the Andean region as early as the 1500s, its name originated in 1789 in Oruro, Bolivia, where performers dressed like the devil in parades called Diabladas...
The Carnival of Oruro is a religious and cultural festival in Oruro, Bolivia. It has been celebrated since the 18th centur in the Peruvian virreynato...
Oruro Royal is the oldest Bolivian football club from Oruro. The club plays in the Oruro Primera A, one of the third-division regional leagues. Oruro...
University of Oruro (Spanish: Universidad Técnica de Oruo, UTO), or UTO, is one of ten public universities in Bolivia. It is located in the city of Oruro. The...
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, founded in 1880; Universidad Técnica de Oruro UTO – Oruro, founded in 1892; Universidad Evangélica Boliviana UEB – Santa Cruz...
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1. Santa Cruz 2. El Alto 3. La Paz 4. Cocha 5. Oruro 6. Sucre 7. Tarija 8. Potosí 9. Sacaba 10. Quillacollo According to the National Institute of Statistics...
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politician who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Oruro from 2010 to 2015. Huayta completed his early schooling in his home community...
kingdom of the Chincha Islands of Peru. The Qolla inhabited the Potosí, Oruro, and La Paz departments of Bolivia. The Cañari of Ecuador adopted the Quechua...
international. In turn, this dance is performed during the Carnaval de Oruro, in honor of the Virgen del Socavón, declared a Masterpiece of the Oral...
is an extremely high elevation airport serving the city of Oruro, the capital of the Oruro Department in Bolivia. The airport is in the eastern part of...
described in 1861 for an occurrence in the San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia, and named for French chemist Charles-Adolphe...
years, the team was runner-up. From 1954 onwards, teams from Cochabamba and Oruro participated in the now-called Torneo Integrado, a much larger tournament...
Tobas is a prominent part of the annual carnivals (like the Carnaval de Oruro or the Bolivian Festiva in Virginia). The Tobas dance is a special representation...
parts lie in Chile. The Altiplano plateau hosts several cities like Puno, Oruro, El Alto and La Paz the administrative seat of Bolivia. Northeastern Altiplano...
several cities in each of these three nations, including El Alto, La Paz, Oruro, and Puno. The northeastern part of the Altiplano is more humid than the...
include teams from Oruro and Cochabamba. The tournament started in 1960. Initially, only champions from La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro and Santa Cruz participated...
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