Oruro Depairtment

Oruro Depairtment Departamento de Oruro Uru Uru suyu Ururu jach'a suyu
Caipital:	Oruro
Provinces:	16
Govrenor:	Santos Javier Tito Veliz
Aurie:	53,558 km2 (20,678.9 sq mi)
Population:	384,494 (2005)
Population density:	7.18/km2 (18.6/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2:	BO-O
Leids:	Spainyie, Quechuan, Aymara

Oruro is a depairtment in Bolivie, wi an aurie o 53,588 km². Its caipital is the ceety o Oruro. At the time o census 2001 it haed a population o 391,870.

Provinces o Oruro

The depairtment is dividit intae 16 provinces which are further subdividit intae municipalities an cantons.

Province	Aurie (km²)	Caipital
Atahuallpa	5,885	Sabaya
Carangas	5,472	Corque
Cercado	5,766	Oruro
Eduardo Avaroa	4,015	Challapata
Ladislao Cabrera	8,818	Salinas de Garcí Mendoza
Litoral	2,894	Huachacalla
Puerto de Mejillones	785	La Rivera
Nor Carangas	870	Huayllamarca
Pantaleón Dalence	1,210	Huanuni
Poopó	3,061	Poopó
Sajama	5,790	Curahuara de Carangas
San Pedro de Totora	1,487	Totora
Saucarí	1,671	Toledo
Sebastian Pagador	1,972	Santiago de Huari
Sud Carangas	3,536	Santiago de Andamarca
Tomás Barrón	356	Eucaliptus

Govrenment

The chief executive office o Bolivie depairtments (syne Mey 2010) is the govrenor; till then, the office wis cried the prefect, an till 2006 the prefect wis appointit bi the Preses o Bolivie. The current govrenor, Santos Tito o the Muivement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty o the Fowks, wis electit on 4 Aprile 2010.

The chief legislative body o the depairtment is the Depairtmental Legislative Assembly, a body an aa first electit on 4 Aprile 2010. It consists o 33 members: 16 electit bi each o the depairtment's provinces; 16 electit based on proportional representation; an minority indigenous representative selectit bi the Uru-Chipaya fowk.

Leids

The leids spoken in the depairtment are mainly Spainyie, Quechua an Aymara. The follaein table shows the number o those belangin tae the recognized group o speakers.

Leid	Depairtment	Bolivie
Quechua	134,289	2,281,198
Aymara	127,086	1,525,321
Guaraní	383	62,575
Anither native	1,943	49,432
Spainyie	342,332	6,821,626
Foreign	6,878	250,754
Anerlie native	30,745	960,491
Native an Spainyie	188,963	2,739,407
Spainyie an foreign	153,439	4,115,751

Notable fowk

• Evo Morales, Preses o Bolivie, born in the little veelage o Isallawi near Orinoca.

Places o interest

• Sajama National Park
• Parinacota Volcano
• Sajama Lines
• Poopó Lake
• Lake Uru Uru

See an aa

• Oruro Symphony Orchestra

Freemit airtins

• Oruro Travel Guide
• Weather in Oruro
• Carnaval 2009 folklore
• Technical University o Oruro
• Oruro News
• Feria Exposición
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Oruro". Encyclopædia Britannica (11t ed.). Cambridge University Press. Template:Oruro Depairtment