Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre...
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Oruro is a city in Bolivia, the capital of the Oruro Department. Oruro may also refer to: Carnaval de Oruro, a religious and cultural festival Oruro Department...
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The Carnival of Oruro is a religious and cultural festival in Oruro, Bolivia. It has been celebrated since the 18th century in the Peruvian virreynato...
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Oruro (Spanish pronunciation: [oˈɾuɾo]; Quechua: Uru Uru; Aymara: Ururu) is a department of Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km2 (20,690 sq mi). Its capital...
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Oruro Royal Club is the oldest Bolivian football club from Oruro. The club plays in the Oruro Primera A, one of the third-division regional leagues. Oruro...
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Diablada (redirect from Diablada of Oruro)
the Andean region as early as the 1500s, its name originated in 1789 in Oruro, Bolivia, where performers dressed like the devil in parades called Diabladas...
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University of Oruro (Spanish: Universidad Técnica de Oruo, UTO), or UTO, is one of ten public universities in Bolivia. It is located in the city of Oruro. The...
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Villarroel Deportivo San José is a Bolivian football club based in Sud Carangas, Oruro. Founded in 1968, they play in Primera División. Founded on 16 July 1968...
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Oruro Department (Spanish: Departamento de Oruro) was a department of Bolivia, a constituent country of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation, which existed...
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Santa Cruz de la Sierra, founded in 1880; Universidad Técnica de Oruro UTO – Oruro, founded in 1892; Universidad Evangélica Boliviana UEB – Santa Cruz...
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Laram Q'awa (Charaña) (redirect from Laram Q'awa (Oruro))
Laram Q'awa (Aymara larama blue, q'awa little river, ditch, crevice, fissure, gap in the earth, "blue brook" or "blue ravine", Hispanicized spellings Laram...
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There are several boundary conflicts between the departments of Oruro and Potosí in Bolivia, resulting from inaccurate mapping and conflicts between neighboring...
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of Oruro during the traditional carnival of the city. In a street food stand, eight people were killed by an explosion near the main street of Oruro. At...
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The Oruro Symphony Orchestra (Spanish: Orquesta Sinfónica de Oruro) is a symphony orchestra based in Oruro, Bolivia. Under the directorship of Jesús Elías...
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may refer to: Poopó Lake, Oruro, Bolivia Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia Poopó Municipality, Oruro, Bolivia Poopó Canton, Oruro, Bolivia This disambiguation...
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In October 2019, Bolivian militants of the then ruling political party of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) ambushed a caravan of miners, students and cooperativists...
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Tobas is a prominent part of the annual carnivals (like the Carnaval de Oruro or the Bolivian Festiva in Virginia). The Tobas dance is a special representation...
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1. Santa Cruz 2. El Alto 3. La Paz 4. Cocha 5. Oruro 6. Sucre 7. Tarija 8. Potosí 9. Sacaba 10. Quillacollo According to the National Institute of Statistics...
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Freddy Huayta (category Members of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies from Oruro)
politician who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Oruro from 2010 to 2015. Huayta completed his early schooling in his home community...
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La Paz with El Alto. Autovía La Paz Oruro/A-1 (La Paz-Oruro Highway) – Connects La Paz with the cities of Oruro, Patacamaya and Caracollo. It then connects...
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Mi Teleférico (section Oruro)
teleférico turístico "Virgen del Socavón" en Oruro" [President inaugurates Our Lady of the Mines tourist cable car in Oruro]. Money.com.bo (in Spanish). 7 February...
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reaches a height of approximately 4,040 m (13,250 ft). It is located in the Oruro Department, San Pedro de Totora Province. Lluqu Lluqu lies northeast of...
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Juan Mendoza Airport (redirect from Oruro Airport)
is an extremely high elevation airport serving the city of Oruro, the capital of the Oruro Department in Bolivia. The airport is in the eastern part of...
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kingdom of the Chincha Islands of Peru. The Qolla inhabited the Potosí, Oruro, and La Paz departments of Bolivia. The Cañari of Ecuador adopted the Quechua...
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Morenada (section Winemaking in Oruro theory)
international. In turn, this dance is performed during the Carnaval de Oruro, in honor of the Virgen del Socavón, declared a Masterpiece of the Oral...
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Uru Uru Lake (category Lakes of Oruro Department)
Uru Uru Lake is a lake in the Oruro Department in Bolivia. It is fed by the Desaguadero River and the Jach'a Jawira. It is situated at an elevation of...
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during the Tajikistani Civil War Universidad Técnica de Oruro (UTO), a public university in Oruro, Bolivia Untrioctium (chemical symbol Uto), an unsynthesized...
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cricketer India (Gurgaon) Esther Morales 70 First Lady of Bolivia Bolivia (Oruro) Caio Narcio 33 Politician Brazil (São Paulo) Danny Campbell 76 Footballer...
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Tucumán, and Ushuaia in Argentina; Calama and Rancagua in Chile; Cochabamba, Oruro, Potosí, Sucre, Tarija, and Yacuiba in Bolivia; Arequipa, Cajamarca, Cusco...
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include teams from Oruro and Cochabamba. The tournament started in 1960. Initially, only champions from La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro and Santa Cruz participated...
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