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Oruro Department

Index Oruro Department

Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of. [1]

57 relations: Andamarca (Oruro), Aymara language, Bolivia, Cantons of Bolivia, Capital city, Carangas Province, Carnaval de Oruro, Cercado Province (Oruro), Challapata, Corque, Curahuara de Carangas, Departments of Bolivia, Eduardo Abaroa Province, Eucaliptus, Evo Morales, Guarani language, Huachacalla, Huanuni, Huayllamarca, Human Development Index, Inca Empire, ISO 3166-2, La Rivera, Ladislao Cabrera Province, Lake Poopó, Litoral Province (Bolivia), Movement for Socialism (Bolivia), Municipalities of Bolivia, Nor Carangas Province, Orinoca, Oruro Symphony Orchestra, Oruro, Bolivia, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Paria, Bolivia, Parinacota (volcano), Poopó Province, President of Bolivia, Proportional representation, Provinces of Bolivia, Puerto de Mejillones Province, Quechuan languages, Sabaya, Sabaya Province, Sajama Lines, Sajama National Park, Sajama Province, Salinas de Garci Mendoza, San Pedro de Totora Province, Santiago de Huari, Saucarí Province, ..., Sebastián Pagador Province, Spanish language, Sud Carangas Province, Toledo, Oruro, Tomas Barrón Province, Totora, Oruro, Uru Uru Lake. Expand index (7 more) »

Andamarca (Oruro)

Santiago de Andamarca is a small location in Bolivia in the Oruro Department, Sud Carangas Province.

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Aymara language

Aymara (Aymar aru) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes.

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Bolivia

Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Cantons of Bolivia

On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into 1374 cantons (cantones).

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Carangas Province

Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Carnaval de Oruro

The Carnival of Oruro is a religious festival dating back more than 200 years that takes place in Oruro, Bolivia.

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Cercado Province (Oruro)

Cercado is a province in the northeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Challapata

Challapata is the capital of the Eduardo Abaroa Province as well as of the Challapata Municipality in the Oruro Department in Bolivia.

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Corque

Corque or Qhurqhi (Aymara) is a small town in Bolivia.

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Curahuara de Carangas

Curahuara de Carangas is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.

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Departments of Bolivia

Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments (departamentos).

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Eduardo Abaroa Province

Eduardo Abaroa, also Eduardo Avaroa, or Challapata is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Eucaliptus

Eucaliptus is a small town in Bolivia.

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Evo Morales

Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959), popularly known as Evo, is a Bolivian politician and cocalero activist who has served as President of Bolivia since 2006.

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Guarani language

Guarani, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani (endonym avañe'ẽ 'the people's language'), is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family of the Tupian languages.

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Huachacalla

Huachacalla is a small town in the Litoral Province of the Oruro Department in Bolivia.

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Huanuni

Huanuni is a town in the department of Oruro, Bolivia.

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Huayllamarca

Huayllamarca is a small town in Bolivia.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic (composite index) of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Inca Empire

The Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, "The Four Regions"), also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, and possibly the largest empire in the world in the early 16th century.

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ISO 3166-2

ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

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La Rivera

La Rivera is a small town in Bolivia.

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Ladislao Cabrera Province

Ladislao Cabrera is a province in the southern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Lake Poopó

Lake Poopó (Lago Poopó) is a large saline lake located in a shallow depression in the Altiplano Mountains in Oruro Department, Bolivia, at an altitude of approximately.

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Litoral Province (Bolivia)

Litoral (or Litoral de Atacama) is a province in the southwestern parts of the Bolivian Oruro Department.

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Movement for Socialism (Bolivia)

The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS), alternately referred to as "Movement Toward Socialism" or "Movement to Socialism" (Movimiento al Socialismo), is a Bolivian left-wing socialist political movement led by Evo Morales, founded in 1998.

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Municipalities of Bolivia

Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections.

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Nor Carangas Province

Nor Carangas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Orinoca

Orinoca is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.

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Oruro Symphony Orchestra

The Oruro Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfónica de Oruro) is a symphony orchestra based in Oruro, Bolivia.

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Oruro, Bolivia

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 in the Altiplano, approximately above sea level.

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Pantaleón Dalence Province

Pantaleón Dalence is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian Oruro Department.

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Paria, Bolivia

Paria, Bolivia was an important administrative center of the Inca Empire in the late 15th and 16th centuries CE and was the first Spanish settlement in Bolivia, founded in 1535.

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Parinacota (volcano)

Parinacota (in Hispanicized spelling), Parina Quta or Parinaquta is a dormant stratovolcano on the border of Chile and Bolivia.

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Poopó Province

Poopó is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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President of Bolivia

The President of Bolivia (Presidente de Bolivia) officially known as the President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Provinces of Bolivia

A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department.

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Puerto de Mejillones Province

Puerto de Mejillones is a province in the western parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Quechuan languages

Quechua, usually called Runasimi ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Andes and highlands of South America.

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Sabaya

Sabaya is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.

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Sabaya Province

Sabaya (formerly: Atahuallpa) is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian Oruro Department.

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Sajama Lines

The Sajama Lines of western Bolivia are a network of thousands (possibly tens of thousands) of nearly perfectly straight paths etched into the ground continuously for more than 3,000 years by the indigenous people living near the volcano Sajama.

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Sajama National Park

Sajama National Park is a national park located in the Oruro Department, Bolivia.

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Sajama Province

Sajama is a province in the northwestern parts of the Bolivian Oruro Department.

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Salinas de Garci Mendoza

Salinas de Garci Mendoza (formerly: Salinas de Thunupa) is a town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.

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San Pedro de Totora Province

San Pedro de Totora is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Santiago de Huari

Santiago de Huari is a small town in Bolivia.

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Saucarí Province

Saucarí is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Sebastián Pagador Province

Sebastián Pagador is a province in the southeastern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Sud Carangas Province

Sud Carangas is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Toledo, Oruro

Toledo (Oruro) is a small town in Bolivia.

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Tomas Barrón Province

Tomás Barrón is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian department of Oruro.

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Totora, Oruro

Totora (Oruro) is a small town in Bolivia.

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Uru Uru Lake

Uru Uru Lake is a lake in the Oruro Department in Bolivia.

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Department of Oruro, Oruro (department).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oruro_Department

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