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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.


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Supporters of former socialist president Evo Morales, who was in power from 2006 to 2019, arrived in La Paz on Monday after marching for seven days from Oruro, about 180 kilometers south of the capital.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Australia and Chile are the world's biggest lithium producers, but Bolivia has huge reserves in the Potosi and Oruro salt flats.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2023

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

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

The mineral resources are important, but are less developed than those of Potosi and Oruro.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

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