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| Oruro Depairtment Departamento de Oruro Uru Uru suyu Ururu jach'a suyu | |
| Caipital: | Oruro |
| Provinces: | 16 |
| Govrenor: | Santos Javier Tito Veliz |
| Aurie: | 53,558 km2 (20,678.9 sq mi) |
| Population: | 384,494 (2005) |
| Population density: | 7.18/km2 (18.6/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166-2: | BO-O |
| Leids: | Spaingie, Quechuan, Aymara |
Oruro is a depairtment in Bolivie, wi an aurie o 53,588 km². Its caipital is the ceety o Oruro. At the time o census 2001 it haed a population o 391,870.
The depairtment is dividit intae 16 provinces which are further subdividit intae municipalities an cantons.
| Province | Aurie (km²) | Caipital |  |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atahuallpa | 5,885 | Sabaya | |
| Carangas | 5,472 | Corque | |
| Cercado | 5,766 | Oruro | |
| Eduardo Avaroa | 4,015 | Challapata | |
| Ladislao Cabrera | 8,818 | Salinas de Garcí Mendoza | |
| Litoral | 2,894 | Huachacalla | |
| Puerto de Mejillones | 785 | La Rivera | |
| Nor Carangas | 870 | Huayllamarca | |
| Pantaleón Dalence | 1,210 | Huanuni | |
| Poopó | 3,061 | Poopó | |
| Sajama | 5,790 | Curahuara de Carangas | |
| San Pedro de Totora | 1,487 | Totora | |
| Saucarí | 1,671 | Toledo | |
| Sebastian Pagador | 1,972 | Santiago de Huari | |
| Sud Carangas | 3,536 | Santiago de Andamarca | |
| Tomás Barrón | 356 | Eucaliptus |
The chief executive office o Bolivie depairtments (syne Mey 2010) is the govrenor; till then, the office wis cried the prefect, an till 2006 the prefect wis appointit bi the Preses o Bolivie. The current govrenor, Santos Tito o the Muivement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty o the Fowks, wis electit on 4 Aprile 2010.
The chief legislative body o the depairtment is the Depairtmental Legislative Assembly, a body an aa first electit on 4 Aprile 2010. It consists o 33 members: 16 electit bi each o the depairtment's provinces; 16 electit based on proportional representation; an minority indigenous representative selectit bi the Uru-Chipaya fowk.
The leids spoken in the depairtment are mainly Spaingie, Quechua an Aymara. The follaein table shows the number o those belangin tae the recognized group o speakers.[1]
| Leid | Depairtment | Bolivie |
|---|---|---|
| Quechua | 134,289 | 2,281,198 |
| Aymara | 127,086 | 1,525,321 |
| Guaraní | 383 | 62,575 |
| Anither native | 1,943 | 49,432 |
| Spaingie | 342,332 | 6,821,626 |
| Foreign | 6,878 | 250,754 |
| Anerlie native | 30,745 | 960,491 |
| Native an Spaingie | 188,963 | 2,739,407 |
| Spaingie an foreign | 153,439 | 4,115,751 |
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