Orinoca
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Orinoca | |
Location in Bolivia | |
Coordinates: | |
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Country | Bolivia |
Department | Oruro Department |
Province | Sud Carangas Province |
Elevation | 12,428 ft (3,788 m) |
Population (2001) | |
- Total | 163 |
Orinoca is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.
Orinoca has 163 inhabitants[1] (2001) und is the administrative center of Orinoca District. It is located at at , 3,788 m above sea-level, 185 km south of the department's capital, Oruro, and 20 km west of Lake Poopó.
Orinoca is only accessible by road travel, there is a bus service that reaches the town twice a week.
The village of Isallawi in the Orinoca District is the birthplace of Evo Morales, Bolivia's President.
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