Orinoca

Place in Oruro Department, Bolivia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Orinoca is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.

Country Bolivia
Elevation
12,428 ft (3,788 m)
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Orinoca
Orinoca is located in Bolivia
Orinoca
Orinoca
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°58′02″S 67°15′30″W
Country Bolivia
DepartmentOruro Department
ProvinceSud Carangas Province
Elevation
12,428 ft (3,788 m)
Population
 (2001)
  Total
163
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)
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Orinoca had 163 inhabitants[1] as of 2001 and is the administrative center of Orinoca District. It is located at 3,788 m above sea-level, 185 km south of the department's capital, Oruro, and 20 km west of Lake Poopó.[A]

Orinoca is accessible by road, and a bus service that serves the town twice a week.

The village of Isallavi in the Orinoca District is the birthplace of Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019.

Notes

  1. The second-largest lake in Bolivia was dried up as of December 2015, except for a few marshy patches, and officials do not know if it can recover from an extended drought.[2][3]

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