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Oruro

Oruro is a department of Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km2. Its capital is the city of . According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178.
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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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is a located in the Oruro Department, . It borders in . The park is home to the indigenous Aymara people, whose influential ancient culture can be seen in various aspects throughout the park.

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is the capital of the as well as of the Municipality in the Oruro Department in . It lies at an altitude of 3,738 m above sea level on the edge of the 250-acre flood plain of the river on the east bank of the Tacagua Poopó Lake.

Oruro

Latitude of center
-18.6667° or 18° 40′ south
Longitude of center
-67.6667° or 67° 40′ west
Population
571,000
Elevation
3,729 metres (12,234 feet)
Inception
1826
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2890584085
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3909233
Wiki­data ID
Q1061368
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Oruro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إدارة أورورو”
  • Armenian: “Օրուրո”
  • Aymara: “Ururu jach’a suyu”
  • Basque: “Oruro”
  • Basque: “Oruroko departamendua”
  • Bengali: “ওরুরু বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Departamant Oruro”
  • Bulgarian: “Оруро”
  • Catalan: “Departament d’Oruro”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de Oruro”
  • Chinese: “Oruro Chiu”
  • Chinese: “奥鲁罗省”
  • Chinese: “奧魯羅省”
  • Chinese: “柯魯羅省”
  • Croatian: “Oruro”
  • Czech: “Departement Oruro”
  • Czech: “Oruro”
  • Danish: “Oruro”
  • Dutch: “Oruro”
  • Esperanto: “Oruro”
  • Estonian: “Oruro departemang”
  • Finnish: “Oruron departementti”
  • French: “Département d’Oruro”
  • French: “Oruro”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Oruro”
  • Georgian: “ორუროს დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Departamento Oruro”
  • German: “Oruro”
  • Greek: “Ορούρο”
  • Guarani: “Tetãvore Oruro”
  • Gujarati: “ઓરૂરો વિભાગ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אורורו”
  • Hindi: “ओरूरो विभाग”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Oruro”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento de Oruro”
  • Italian: “dipartimento di Oruro”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento di Oruro”
  • Japanese: “オルロ県”
  • Kannada: “ಒರೊರೊ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Korean: “오루로주”
  • Ladino: “Oruro”
  • Latvian: “Oruro departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Oruro departamentas”
  • Lithuanian: “Orūro departamentas”
  • Macedonian: “Оруро”
  • Malay: “Oruro”
  • Marathi: “ओरुरोज विभाग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Oruro Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oruro (Department)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oruro”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oruro”
  • Norwegian: “Oruro”
  • Ossetian: “Оруро (департамент)”
  • Ossetian: “Оруро”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اورورو”
  • Polish: “Oruro”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de Oruro”
  • Portuguese: “Oruro”
  • Quechua: “Uru Uru suyu”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Oruro”
  • Romanian: “Oruro”
  • Russian: “Оруро”
  • Scots: “Oruro Depairtment”
  • Serbian: “Оруро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oruro (departman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oruro”
  • Sinhala: “ඔරුරෝ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, බොලිවියාව”
  • Sinhala: “ඔරුරෝ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Slovenian: “Oruro”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Oruro”
  • Spanish: “Oruro”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Oruro”
  • Swedish: “Oruro”
  • Tamil: “ஒருரோ துறை”
  • Telugu: “ఓరురో డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “ఓరురో విభాగం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นโอรูโร”
  • Turkish: “Oruro departmanı”
  • Turkish: “Oruro Departmanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Оруро”
  • Urdu: “ڈیپارٹمنٹ اورورو”
  • Urdu: “محکمہ اورورو”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực hành chính Oruro”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Oruro”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ ارورو”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥鲁罗省”
  • Yiddish: “ארורא דעפארטמענט”
  • Yue Chinese: “柯魯羅省”
  • “Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl Oruro”

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