Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 391,870.
[edit] Provinces of Oruro
The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further subdivided into municipalities and cantons.
| Province |
Area (km²) |
Capital |
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| Atahuallpa |
5,885 |
Sabaya |
| Carangas |
5,472 |
Corque |
| Cercado |
5,766 |
Oruro |
| Eduardo Avaroa |
4,015 |
Challapata |
| Ladislao Cabrera |
8,818 |
Salinas de Garci 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 |
[edit] Government
The chief executive office of Bolivia 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, Santos Tito of the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples, was elected on 4 April 2010.
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.
| Gubernatorial Candidate |
Party |
Votes for Governor |
Percentage |
Assembly Members by Territory |
Votes for Assembly by Population |
Percentage |
Assembly Members by Population |
Total Assembly Members |
| |
Santos Tito |
Movement for Socialism |
107.576 |
59,6% |
15 |
83.220 |
56,1% |
10 |
25 |
| |
Iver Pereira Vásquez |
Without Fear Movement |
53.111 |
29,4 |
1 |
47.319 |
31,9% |
5 |
6 |
| |
|
National Unity Front |
13.933 |
7,7% |
0 |
12.277 |
8,3% |
1 |
1 |
| |
Guillermo Zolá Eugenio |
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement |
5.800 |
3,2% |
0 |
5.612 |
3,8% |
0 |
0 |
|
Indigenous Representatives |
Elected through usos y costumbres |
1 |
| |
|
Valid votes |
180.420 |
81,5% |
|
148.428 |
67,1% |
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| |
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Blank votes |
28.055 |
12,7 |
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62.222 |
30,2% |
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| |
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Null votes |
12.939 |
5,8% |
|
10.706 |
4,8% |
|
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| |
|
Total votes |
221.414 |
87,5% of registered voters |
16 |
221.356 |
87,4% of registered voters |
16 |
33 |
| Source: Corte Nacional Electoral, Acto de Computo Nacional, Boletín 22: Explicación asignación de escaños departamentales |
[edit] Languages
The languages spoken in the department are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.[1]
| Language |
Department |
Bolivia |
| Quechua |
134,289 |
2,281,198 |
| Aymara |
127,086 |
1,525,321 |
| Guaraní |
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 |
[edit] Notable people
- Evo Morales who has been the Bolivian president since 2006 was born in the little village of Isallawi near Orinoca.
[edit] Places of interest
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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Coordinates: 18°40′S 67°40′W / 18.667°S 67.667°W / -18.667; -67.667
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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Oruro". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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