Oruro Department

Oruro is a department in Bolivia. The capital city is also named Oruro.

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Location within Bolivia
Country	Bolivia
Capital	Oruro
Provinces	16
Area
• Total	53,588 km2 (20,690 sq mi)
Population  (2012 census)
• Total	494,178
• Density	9.22180/km2 (23.88436/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)
ISO 3166-2	BO-O
Languages	Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
Website	www.oruro.gob.bo

Provinces of Oruro

The department is divided into 16 provinces. These are then divided into municipalities and then cantons.

Province	Map #	Area (km²)	Population (2012 census)	Capital
Carangas	10	5,472	11,041	Corque
Cercado	2	5,766	309,277	Oruro
Eduardo Avaroa	5	4,015	33,248	Challapata
Ladislao Cabrera	12	8,818	14,678	Salinas de Garci Mendoza
Litoral	13	2,894	10,409	Huachacalla
Nor Carangas	8	870	5,502	Huayllamarca
Pantaleón Dalence	3	1,210	29,497	Huanuni
Poopó	4	3,061	16,775	Poopó
Puerto de Mejillones	16	785	2,076	La Rivera
Sabaya	15	5,885	10,924	Sabaya
Sajama	14	5,790	9,390	Curahuara de Carangas
San Pedro de Totora	9	1,487	5,531	Totora
Saucarí	7	1,671	10,149	Toledo
Sebastian Pagador	6	1,972	13,153	Santiago de Huari
Sud Carangas	11	3,536	7,231	Santiago de Andamarca
Tomás Barrón	1	356	5,267	Eucaliptus

Note: Eduardo Abaroa Province (#5) is both north of and south of Sebastián Pagador Province (#6)

Places of interest

• Sajama National Park
• Parinacota Volcano
• Sajama Lines
• Poopó Lake
• Lake Uru Uru
• Paria, first Spanish settlement in Bolivia, former Inca city