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Oruro is a department in Bolivia, with an area of 53,588 km². Its capital is the city of Oruro. According to the 2012 census, the Oruro department had a population of 494,178.
The department is divided into 16 provinces which are further subdivided into municipalities and cantons.
Note: Eduardo Abaroa Province (#5) is both north of and south of Sebastián Pagador Province (#6).
The chief executive office of Bolivia 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, Santos Tito of the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples, was elected on 4 April 2010.
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.
The languages spoken in the department are mainly Spanish, Quechua and Aymara. The following table shows the number of those belonging to the recognized group of speakers.[1]
French language, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Catalan language
Venezuela, Peru, Cochabamba Department, Spanish language, Sucre
Pando Department, Sucre, La Paz Department (Bolivia), Tarija Department, Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
Beni Department, Cochabamba Department, Oruro Department, Tarija Department, Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
Oruro Department, Bolivia, Andes, Poopó Province, Poopó Municipality
Oruro Department, Bolivia, Andes, Eduardo Abaroa Province, Oruro, Bolivia
Oruro Department, Spanish Language, Bolivia, Departments of Bolivia, Corque