Oruro (;

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

: ''Uru Uru'';

Aymara Aymara may refer to: Languages and people * Aymaran languages, the second most widespread Andean language ** Aymara language, the main language within that family ** Central Aymara, the other surviving branch of the Aymara(n) family, which today ...

: ''Ururu'') is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of

Oruro 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. It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by pop ...

. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178.

Provinces of Oruro

The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further subdivided into municipalities and cantons. Note: Eduardo Abaroa Province (#5) is both north of and south of Sebastián Pagador Province (#6).

Government

The chief executive officer of Bolivian departments (since May 2010) is the governor; until then, the office was called the prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the

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

. The current governor, Santos Tito of the

Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on '' más'', Spanish f ...

, was elected on 4 April 2010. The chief legislative body of the department is the Departmental Legislative Assembly, a body also first elected on 4 April 2010. It consists of 33 members: 16 elected by each of the department's provinces; 16 elected based on

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

; and minority indigenous representative selected by the Uru-Chipaya people.

Demographics

Languages

The languages spoken in the department are mainly Spanish,

and

. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognised group of speakers.

Notable people

Evo Morales Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to c ...

, who was the Bolivian president from 2006 to 2019, was born in the village of Isallawi near Orinoca. * Juan Mendoza, hero and pioneer of the Bolivian aviation. * Zulma Yugar, who is a Bolivian politician and folk singer with international recognition and influence.

Places of interest

* Sajama National Park * Parinacota Volcano * Sajama Lines * Poopó Lake *

Lake Uru Uru __NOTOC__ Uru Uru Lake is a lake in the Oruro Department in Bolivia. It is fed by the Desaguadero River (Bolivia), Desaguadero River and the Jach'a Jawira (La Paz-Oruro), Jach'a Jawira. It is situated at an elevation of 3,686 m, its surface area is ...

* Paria, first Spanish settlement in Bolivia, former

Inca The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

city.

Provinces of Oruro

Government

Demographics

Languages

Notable people

Places of interest

See also

References

External links