Oruro Depairtment

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 center|220px 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 Spaingie, Quechua an Aymara. The follaein table shows the number o those belangin tae the recognized group o speakers.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo  (Spanish)

 Leid Depairtment BolivieQuechua134,2892,281,198Aymara127,0861,525,321Guaraní38362,575Anither native 1,94349,432Spaingie 342,3326,821,626Foreign6,878250,754Anerlie native30,745960,491Native an Spaingie188,9632,739,407Spaingie an foreign153,4394,115,751

 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

 References 

Freemit airtins
 Oruro Travel Guide 
 Weather in Oruro 
 Carnaval 2009 folklore 
 Technical University o Oruro
 Oruro News 
 Feria Exposición 



Category:Depairtments o Bolivie