Oruro_Department

Oruro Department

Oruro Department

Department in Oruro, Bolivia

Oruro (Spanish pronunciation: [oˈɾuɾo]; Quechua: Uru Uru; Aymara: Ururu) is a department of Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km2 (20,690 sq mi). Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178.

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Provinces of Oruro

The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further subdivided into municipalities and cantons.

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Note: Eduardo Abaroa Province (#5) is both north of and south of Sebastián Pagador Province (#6).

Government

Executive offices

The chief executive officer of Bolivian departments (since May 2010) is the governor; until then, the office was called the prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the president of Bolivia. The current governor, Johnny Franklin Vedia Rodríguez of the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples, was elected on 7 March 2021.[3][4]

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Legislature

The chief legislative body of the department is the Departmental Legislative Assembly, a body also first elected on 4 April 2010. It consists of 33 members: 16 elected by each of the department's provinces; 16 elected based on proportional representation; and minority indigenous representative selected by the Uru-Chipaya people.[citation needed]

After the regional election on 7 March 2021, the legislature met for its first session of 3 May 2021 and elected a new executive committee consisting of Edwin Fuentes Camacho as president and Delia Gongora Veliz as vice-president.[5]

Demographics

Sanctuary of the Virgin of Socavon, Carnival of Oruro 2007.
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Languages

The languages spoken in the department are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognised group of speakers.[7]

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Notable people

  • Evo Morales, who was the Bolivian president from 2006 to 2019, was born in the village of Isallawi near Orinoca.
  • Juan Mendoza, hero and pioneer of the Bolivian aviation.[8]
  • Zulma Yugar, who is a Bolivian politician and folk singer with international recognition and influence.

Places of interest

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. [2]
    "TelluBase—BoliviaFact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Gobernador de Oruro, Johnny Vedia". eabolivia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Nuestro Gobernador". oruro.gob.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Asambleístas departamentales eligieron a su directiva 2021-2022". EL FULGOR.com (in Spanish). 3 May 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Bolivia: Provinces". Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. [7]
    obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 18 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  8. [8]
    "Aviador Juan Mendoza voló el avión armado por él mismo". Hoy el héroe y pionero de la aviación boliviana está más vivo que nunca. (in Spanish). 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

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