Oruro

Oruro or Uru Uru is a city in with a population of 264,683, about halfway between La Paz and in the Altiplano, approximately 3,709 meters above sea level.
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  • Type: City with 265,000 residents
  • Description: city ​​of Bolivia
  • Also known as: Ciudad Oruro” and “Gruro

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Jesús Bermúdez.

Stadium
The is a multi-purpose stadium in Oruro, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics. The stadium has a capacity of 33,000 people, and is the home stadium of GV San José of the Bolivian Primera División and Club San José.It is located at 3,715 meters above sea level.

Oruro

Latitude
-17.9698° or 17° 58′ 11″ south
Longitude
-67.1148° or 67° 6′ 53″ west
Population
265,000
Elevation
3,885 metres (12,746 feet)
Inception
November 1st, 1606
IATA airport code
ORU
United Nations Location Code
BO ORU
Open location code
57JJ2VJP+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 319780564
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3909234
Wiki­data ID
Q35246
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Oruro” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Oruro
  • Arabic: أرورو
  • Arabic: أورورو
  • Arabic: اورورو
  • Armenian: Օրուրո
  • Asturian: Oruro
  • Aymara: Ururu
  • Azerbaijani: Oruro
  • Basque: Oruro
  • Belarusian: Арура
  • Bengali: ক্রুরো
  • Catalan: Oruro
  • Cebuano: Oruro
  • Chinese: 奥鲁罗
  • Czech: Oruro
  • Danish: Oruro
  • Dutch: Oruro
  • Egyptian Arabic: اورورو
  • Esperanto: Oruro
  • Esperanto: Uruio
  • Esperanto: Ururio
  • Estonian: Oruro
  • Finnish: Oruro
  • French: Oruro
  • Galician: Oruro
  • Georgian: ორურო
  • German: Oruro
  • Greek: Ορούρο
  • Gujarati: ઓરૂરો
  • Hebrew: אורורו
  • Hindi: ओरुरो
  • Hungarian: Oruro
  • Ido: Oruro
  • Indonesian: Oruro
  • Irish: Oruro
  • Italian: Oruro
  • Japanese: オルーロ
  • Japanese: オルロ
  • Kannada: ಒರೊರೊ
  • Korean: 오루로
  • Ladino: Oruro
  • Latvian: Oruro
  • Lithuanian: Oruras
  • Lithuanian: Orūras
  • Lithuanian: Oruro
  • Macedonian: Оруро
  • Malay: Oruro
  • Marathi: ओरुरो
  • Nauru: Oruro
  • Northern Frisian: Oruro
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Oruro
  • Norwegian: Oruro
  • Occitan (post 1500): Oruro
  • Persian: اورورو
  • Polish: Oruro
  • Portuguese: Oruro
  • Quechua: Oruro
  • Quechua: Uru Uru
  • Quechua: Uru-Uru
  • Quechua: Ururu
  • Romanian: Oruro
  • Russian: Оруро
  • Scots: Oruro, Bolivie
  • Scots: Oruro
  • Serbian: Оруро
  • Serbo-Croatian: Oruro
  • Silesian: Oruro
  • Sinhala: ඔරුරෝ, බොලිවියාව
  • Sinhala: ඔරුරෝ
  • Slovak: Oruro
  • Spanish: Ciudad de Oruro
  • Spanish: Oruro
  • Swedish: Oruro
  • Tamil: ஒருரோ
  • Tatar: Оруро
  • Telugu: వోరురో
  • Thai: โอรูโร
  • Turkish: Oruro, Bolivya
  • Turkish: Oruro
  • Ukrainian: Оруро
  • Ukrainian: Уруру
  • Urdu: اورورو، بولیویا
  • Venetian: Oruro
  • Vietnamese: Oruro, Bolivia
  • Volapük: Oruro
  • Waray (Philippines): Oruro
  • Oruro

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