Orinoca

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Orinoca
Orinoca (Bolivia)
Orinoca
Orinoca
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°58′02″S 67°15′30″W / -18.96722, -67.25833
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 18°58′02″S 67°15′30″W / -18.96722, -67.25833 (Orinoca), 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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