Oruro (; Quechua: Uru Uru; Aymara: Ururu) is a department of Bolivia, with an area of . Its capital is the city of Oruro. 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.
Province Map # Area (km2) Population (2012 census) Capital Carangas10 5,472 11,041 Corque Cercado2 5,766 309,277 Oruro Eduardo Avaroa5 4,015 33,248 Challapata Ladislao Cabrera12 8,818 14,678 Salinas de Garci Mendoza Litoral13 2,894 10,409 Huachacalla Nor Carangas8 870 5,502 Huayllamarca Pantaleón Dalence3 1,210 29,497 Huanuni Poopó4 3,061 16,775 Poopó Puerto de Mejillones16 785 2,076 La Rivera Sabaya15 5,885 10,924 Sabaya Sajama14 5,790 9,390 Curahuara de Carangas San Pedro de Totora9 1,487 5,531 Totora Saucarí7 1,671 10,149 Toledo Sebastian Pagador6 1,972 13,153 Santiago de Huari Sud Carangas11 3,536 7,231 Santiago de Andamarca Tomás Barrón1 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 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 current governor, Johnny Franklin Vedia Rodríguez of the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples, was elected on 7 March 2021.
Took office Office expired Prefect/Governor Party Notes 22 Jan 2006 30 May 2010 Alberto Luís Aguilar Calle MAS-IPSP 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. 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. 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.
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.
Demographics
Languages The languages spoken in the department are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognised group of speakers.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo (Spanish)
Language Department Bolivia Quechua134,2892,281,198 Aymara127,0861,525,321 Guaraní38362,575 Another native1,94349,432 Spanish342,3326,821,626 Foreign6,878250,754 Only native30,745960,491 Native and Spanish188,9632,739,407 Spanish and foreign153,4394,115,751
Notable people Evo Morales, Bolivian president from 2006 to 2019, was born in the village of Isallawi near Orinoca. Zulma Yugar, a Bolivian politician and folk singer.
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 Oruro Symphony Orchestra Oruro–Potosí boundary conflicts Santa Fe, Oruro Juan Mendoza Airport
References
External links
Oruro Travel Guide Weather in Oruro Carnaval 2009 folklore Technical University of Oruro Oruro News Feria Exposición
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