Oruro

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Oruro is a city in western Bolivia best known for its rich mining history and its UNESCO-recognized Carnival, one of South America's most famous folkloric festivals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
capitalOf Oruro Department
climate cold semi-arid climate
continent South America
coordinateLocation -17.9833,-67.1500
country Bolivia
countryCapital Sucre
surface form: Sucre (national constitutional capital of Bolivia)
culturalHeritage Andean folkloric dances
caporales dance
diablada dance
morenada dance
demonym orureño
economy commerce
mining
tourism
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 3700 m
festival Oruro self-linksurface differs
surface form: Carnival of Oruro
foundedBy Manuel de Castro de Padilla
hasPart Cerro Pie de Gallo
San Felipe de Austria Church
San José mine
San Miguel Church
Socavón Sanctuary
Virgen del Socavón statue
heritageDesignation Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
surface form: UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity (for its Carnival)
historicalActivity silver mining
tin mining
inception 1606
knownFor Oruro self-linksurface differs
surface form: Carnival of Oruro

mining history
languageUsed Aymara
Quechua
Spanish
locatedIn western Bolivia
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Oruro Department
locatedInOrOn Altiplano plateau
surface form: Altiplano
majorReligion Roman Catholicism
nearbyWaterBody Poopó Lake
Poopó Lake
surface form: Uru Uru Lake
originalName Real Villa de San Felipe de Austria
partOf Altiplano plateau
surface form: Bolivian Altiplano region
population over 250000 inhabitants
religiousTradition devotion to Virgen del Socavón
roadConnection Cochabamba
La Paz
Potosí
timeZone UTC−04:00
transport Juan Mendoza Airport
Oruro railway junction
UNESCORecognitionYear 2001

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Bolivia contains Oruro
Oruro knownFor Oruro self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carnival of Oruro
Oruro festival Oruro self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carnival of Oruro
Upper Peru mainCity Oruro
Uyuni hasRailConnectionTo Oruro
Oruro Department capital Oruro
Oruro Department knownFor Oruro
this entity surface form: Carnival of Oruro
Oruro Department contains Oruro
this entity surface form: city of Oruro
Oruro Department culturalEvent Oruro
this entity surface form: Carnival of Oruro
western Bolivia hasCity Oruro
western Bolivia hasCulturalEvent Oruro
this entity surface form: Carnaval de Oruro
San Miguel Church locatedIn Oruro
subject surface form: San Miguel Church (Oruro)
Socavón Sanctuary associatedWith Oruro
this entity surface form: Carnival of Oruro
Virgen del Socavón statue symbolOf Oruro
this entity surface form: Carnival of Oruro
Virgen del Socavón statue symbolOf Oruro
this entity surface form: city of Oruro
Virgen del Socavón statue associatedWith Oruro
this entity surface form: Carnival of Oruro UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Virgen del Socavón statue hasViewOf Oruro
this entity surface form: city of Oruro
diablada dance isAssociatedWithCity Oruro
subject surface form: Diablada dance
diablada dance isPerformedAt Oruro
subject surface form: Diablada dance
this entity surface form: Carnaval de Oruro
morenada dance associatedWithFestival Oruro
this entity surface form: Carnaval de Oruro
caporales dance performedAt Oruro
subject surface form: Caporales dance
this entity surface form: Carnival of Oruro
Cerro Pie de Gallo overlooks Oruro
this entity surface form: city of Oruro
Cerro Pie de Gallo near Oruro
this entity surface form: Oruro city center
Carnaval Andino con la Fuerza del Sol relatedTo Oruro
this entity surface form: Carnaval de Oruro
Uru Uru Lake nearCity Oruro