Oruro Department
Oruro
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Int$ 6,400 (PPP) | |
Website | www |
Oruro (Spanish pronunciation:
Provinces of Oruro
The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further subdivided into municipalities and cantons.
Province | Map # | Area (km2) | Population (2012 census) |
Capital | |
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Carangas | 10 | 5,472 | 11,041 | Corque | |
Cercado | 2 | 5,766 | 309,277 | Oruro
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Eduardo Avaroa
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5 | 4,015 | 33,248 | Challapata | |
Ladislao Cabrera | 12 | 8,818 | 14,678 | Salinas de Garci Mendoza | |
Litoral
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13 | 2,894 | 10,409 | Huachacalla | |
Nor Carangas | 8 | 870 | 5,502 | Huayllamarca | |
Pantaleón Dalence | 3 | 1,210 | 29,497 | Huanuni | |
Poopó | 4 | 3,061 | 16,775 | Poopó | |
Puerto de Mejillones | 16 | 785 | 2,076 | La Rivera
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Sabaya | 15 | 5,885 | 10,924 | Sabaya | |
Sajama | 14 | 5,790 | 9,390 | Curahuara de Carangas | |
San Pedro de Totora | 9 | 1,487 | 5,531 | Totora | |
Saucarí | 7 | 1,671 | 10,149 | Toledo | |
Sebastian Pagador | 6 | 1,972 | 13,153 | Santiago de Huari | |
Sud Carangas | 11 | 3,536 | 7,231 | Santiago de Andamarca
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Tomás Barrón | 1 | 356 | 5,267 | Eucaliptus |
Note: Eduardo Abaroa Province (#5) is both north of and south of Sebastián Pagador Province (#6).
Government
Executive offices
The chief executive officer of
Took office | Office expired | Prefect/Governor | Party | Notes |
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22 Jan 2006 | 30 May 2010 | Alberto Luís Aguilar Calle | MAS-IPSP
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First elected prefect. Elected in Bolivian general election, December 2005 |
30 May 2010 | 31 May 2015 | Santos Javier Tito Véliz | MAS-IPSP | Elected in the first round of the regional election on 4 April 2010; first governor.
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31 May 2015 | 19 Nov 2019 | Víctor Hugo Vásquez Mamani | MAS-IPSP | Elected in the first round of the regional election on 29 March 2015.
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19 Nov 2019 | 31 May 2020 | Zenón Pizarro Garisto (interim) | MAS-IPSP | |
31 May 2020 | 3 May 2021 | Edson Milton Oczachoque Gerónimo (interim) | MAS-IPSP | |
3 May 2021 | Johnny Franklin Vedia Rodríguez | MAS-IPSP | Elected in the first round of the regional election on 7 March 2021. |
Legislature
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; and minority indigenous representative selected by the Uru-Chipaya people.[citation needed]
After the regional election on 7 March 2021, the legislature met for its first session of 3 May 2021 and elected a new executive committee consisting of Edwin Fuentes Camacho as president and Delia Gongora Veliz as vice-president.[5]
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1976 | 310,409 | — | ||
1992 | 340,114 | +0.57% | ||
2001 | 391,870 | +1.59% | ||
2012 | 494,587 | +2.14% | ||
2020 | 551,100 | +1.36% | ||
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Source: Citypopulation[6] |
Languages
The languages spoken in the department are mainly Spanish,
Language | Department | Bolivia |
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Quechua
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134,289 | 2,281,198 |
Aymara | 127,086 | 1,525,321 |
Guaraní
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383 | 62,575 |
Another native | 1,943 | 49,432 |
Spanish | 342,332 | 6,821,626 |
Foreign | 6,878 | 250,754 |
Only native | 30,745 | 960,491 |
Native and Spanish | 188,963 | 2,739,407 |
Spanish and foreign | 153,439 | 4,115,751 |
Notable people
- Evo Morales, 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.[8]
- 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
- Paria, first Spanish settlement in Bolivia, former Inca city.
See also
References
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "TelluBase—BoliviaFact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Gobernador de Oruro, Johnny Vedia". eabolivia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Nuestro Gobernador". oruro.gob.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Asambleístas departamentales eligieron a su directiva 2021-2022". EL FULGOR.com (in Spanish). 3 May 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ "Bolivia: Provinces". Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 18 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
- ^ "Aviador Juan Mendoza voló el avión armado por él mismo". Hoy el héroe y pionero de la aviación boliviana está más vivo que nunca. (in Spanish). 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Oruro Travel Guide
- Weather in Oruro
- Carnaval 2009 folklore
- Technical University of Oruro
- Oruro News
- Feria Exposición Archived 20 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Full information of Oruro Department