Turco Municipality
Turco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Sajama Province in the Oruro Department in Bolivia, and was founded on February 15, 1957. Its seat is Turco, situated 154 km west of Oruro at an altitude of 3,860 m.- Type: Residential area
- Description: municipality of Bolivia
- Also known as: “Turco munisipyu” and “Turqu munisipyu”
Turco Municipality
- Category: municipality of Bolivia
- Location: Oruro, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-18.18245° or 18° 10′ 57″ south
Longitude
-68.1915° or 68° 11′ 29″ west
Population
5,800
Elevation
3,854 metres (12,644 feet)
Open location code
57HHRR95+2C
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OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Welsh—“Turco Municipality” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “Turku”
- Cebuano: “Turco Municipality”
- Dutch: “Turco”
- French: “Turco”
- German: “Municipio Turco”
- Italian: “Turco”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Turco Chhī”
- Quechua: “Turku munisipyu”
- Spanish: “Turco”
- Swedish: “Turco”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Turco”
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