Department · Altiplano

Oruro

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Oruro

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Oruro Capital

Oruro

Capital of the Oruro department on the altiplano at about 3,700 meters. Founded in 1606 because of silver, it later grew with tin and the railway. It hosts the Oruro Carnival, a UNESCO heritage event honoring the Virgin of the Socavón, whose sanctuary stands beside an old mine. A cable car goes up to the Virgin monument on Cerro Santa Bárbara. It is the city of charquekan.

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Oruro

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Oruro

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