Oruro Department

Oruro
Symbols
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Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Capital	Oruro
surface	53,588 km²
Residents	494,178 (2012 census)
density	9.2 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-O
Provinces

Coordinates: 18 ° 40 ′  S , 67 ° 40 ′  W

The Oruro department is located in western Bolivia and extends over 53,588 km² in the Andean highlands of the Altiplano , the capital is Oruro . It is bordered by the La Paz Department in the north, the Cochabamba Department in the northeast, the Potosí Department in the east and south, and Chile in the west .

economy

Oruro is the traditional center of mining in Bolivia (tin, lead and silver), which is still an important economic factor despite many mine closings in recent decades.

population

The population of the Oruro Department has more than doubled over the past sixty years:

year	Residents	source
1950	192 356	census
1976	310 409	census
1992	340 114	census
2001	391 870	census
2012	494 178	census

Provinces

The Oruro Department is divided into 16 provinces (the postal code is given in front of the province name, the population of the 2012 and 2001 censuses after the name):

• 04-01 Province of Cercado - 309.277 ( 2012 ) / 241.230 ( 2001 )
• 04-02 Eduardo Avaroa Province - 33.248 / 27.675
• 04-03 Carangas Province - 11.071 / 10.505
• 04-04 Sajama Province - 9,390 / 9,096
• 04-05 Litoral Province - 10.409 / 4.555
• 04-06 Poopó Province - 16.775 / 14.984
• 04-07 Pantaleón Dalence Province - 29.497 / 23.608
• 04-08 Ladislao Cabrera province - 14.678 / 11.698
• 04-09 Sabaya Province (formerly Atahuallpa Province ) - 10.924 / 7.114
• 04-10 Saucarí Province - 10.149 / 7.763
• 04-11 Tomas Barrón Province - 5,267 / 5,424
• 04-12 Sud Carangas Province - 7.231 / 6.136
• 04-13 San Pedro de Totora Province - 5,531 / 4,941
• 04-14 Province of Sebastián Pagador - 13.153 / 10.221
• 04-15 Puerto de Mejillones province - 2.076 / 1.130
• 04-16 Nor Carangas Province - 5.502 / 5.790

Biggest places

The capital of the province and largest city is Oruro , other important cities are Huanuni , Challapata , Caracollo .

city	Population 2001 (census)	Population 2012 (census)
Oruro	201.230	264,683
Huanuni	8,893	20,336
Challapata	7,683	12,684
Caracollo	4,412	5,356

politics

Overall result in the Oruro department in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:

electoral legitimate		electoral participation	valid votes		MAS-IPSP	MSM	U.N.	MNR
253.172		221.414	180.420		107,576	53,111	13,933	5,800
		87.5%	81.5%		59.6%	29.4%	7.7%	3.2%

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

Web links

Commons : Departamento Oruro  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Information about the department on the website of the Bolivian Embassy in Berlin ( Memento from December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive )