Ocurí, Potosí

Ocurí
Ocurí

Location in Bolivia

Coordinates: 18°50′33″S 65°47′47″W / 18.84250°S 65.79639°W / -18.84250; -65.79639
Country Bolivia
Department Potosí Department
Province Chayanta Province
Elevation 13,209 ft (4,026 m)
Population
  Total 2,200

Ocurí is a small town in the Bolivian Potosí Department.

Ocurí is the administrative center of the Ocurí Municipality in the Chayanta Province. It is located about 100 km north of Potosí, the department capital, on a mountain ridge at an elevation of 4,026 m on Río Ocurí, a tributary of Río Guadalupe and Río Guadalajara.

Ocurí is situated on Route 6, the direct connection between Oruro and Sucre. Route 6 of almost 1,000 km length connects the departments of Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Potosí und Oruro with each other.

Ocurí has a population of about 2,200 inhabitants.

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Coordinates: 18°50′33″S 65°47′47″W / 18.84250°S 65.79639°W / -18.84250; -65.79639


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