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Oruro

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location_on Oruro Department, Bolivia
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About Oruro

Oruro or Uru is a city in Bolivia with a populace of 264,683, about halfway among La Paz and Sucre inside the Altiplano, approximately 3,709 meters above sea degree. It is Bolivia's 5th-largest city by way of population, after Santa Cruz de l.A. Sierra, El Alto, La Paz, and Cochabamba. It is the capital of the branch of Oruro and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro.

Oruro has been concern to cycles of increase and bust because of its dependence on the mining industry, considerably tin, tungsten, silver and copper. The city turned into based on November 1, 1606, via Don Manuel Castro de Padilla. As a silver-mining center within the Urus vicinity. At the time it was named Real Villa de San Felipe de Austria, after the Spanish monarch Philip III. It thrived for some time, but it was eventually deserted because the silver mines became exhausted.

Oruro become reestablished by using European Bolivians within the late nineteenth century as a tin mining center. It became named after the local tribe Uru-Uru. For a time, the La Salvadora tin mine became the maximum important source of tin inside the global. Gradually, as this aid became less plentiful, Oruro again went right into a decline. Its economy remains based on the mining industry.

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Michele
18 Oct 2017 05:16 PM

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Oruro is a very dirty and ugly town. The hotels are 5 times the price during Carnaval than the rest of the year. I spent 120$ per night in a one star hotel. The streets are filled with people and it is hard to enjoy the parade. I believe it is a better choice to stay in La Paz or Cochabamba for the night and only go to the parade for a few hours.

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