Oruro

[ aw-roo-raw ]

noun

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

Oruro

/ oˈruro /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

And in Oruro, Bolivia, the Diablada de Oruro dance — a fixture of the Andes for hundreds of years — is back after a one-year hiatus.

From Seattle Times

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

The poll said Arce had secured more than 65% of the vote in La Paz, 63% in Cochabamba, 62% in Oruro and 51% in Potosí.

From The Guardian

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