Official Name: | Ocurí |
Pushpin Map: | Bolivia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bolivia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bolivia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Potosí Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Chayanta Province |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 2,200 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | BOT |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | -18.8425°N -65.7964°W |
Elevation M: | 4026 |
Ocurí is a town in the Bolivian Potosí Department.[1]
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.