Oruro

American  

[aw-roo-raw] / ɔˈru rɔ /

noun

1. a city in W Bolivia: a former capital, over 12,000 feet (3,660 meters) high.

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Oruro British  

/ oˈruro /

noun

1. a city in W Bolivia: a former silver-mining centre; university (1892); tin, copper, and tungsten. Pop: 206 000 (2005 est)

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Oruro

Supplies are running low in La Paz, El Alto, as well as the cities of Cochabamba, Oruro and Potosi.

From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026

In the department of Oruro, dairy farmer Demetrio Martínez said his family business lost two cows this year from drought after losing a total of six in 2019 and 2020.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021

Born in a rural village in the western Oruro region into a family from the Aymara group, he became the country's first indigenous leader.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2020

Referring to the Carnaval de Oruro in Bolivia, she said: “Not everybody has a chance to go over there to experience the energy and the folklore. So we bring that here.”

From New York Times ● May 21, 2019

Those of Oruro and Titiri are neglected; and those of Porco and Plata are filled up.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

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