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Oruro
Uru Uru | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 17°58′S 67°07′W / 17.967°S 67.117°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | Oruro Department |
Province | Cercado Province |
Founded | November 1, 1606 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Rossío Pimentel |
Area | |
• City | 1,633 km2 (631 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,735 m (12,254 ft) |
Population | |
• Urban | 351,802 |
• Metro | 390,000 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Website | Official website |
Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru[1] is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation),[2] about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately 3,709 meters (12,169 ft) above sea level.
It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by population, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra, El Alto, La Paz, and Cochabamba. It is the capital of the Department of Oruro and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro. Oruro has been subject to cycles of boom and bust owing to its dependence on the mining industry, notably tin, tungsten (wolfram), silver and copper.