Orinoca Explained

Official Name:Orinoca
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Oruro Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Sud Carangas Province
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:163
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-18.9672°N -67.2583°W
Elevation M:3788

Orinoca is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.

Orinoca has 163 inhabitants[1] (2001) and is the administrative center of Orinoca District. It is located at -18.9672°N -67.2583°W, 3,788 m above sea-level, 185 km south of the department's capital, Oruro, and 20 km west of Lake Poopó. The second-largest lake in Bolivia was dried up as of December 2015, except for a few marshy patches, and officials do not know if it can recover from an extended drought.[2] [3]

Orinoca is accessible by road, and a bus service that serves the town twice a week.

The village of Isallavi in the Orinoca District is the birthplace of Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019.

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Notes and References

  1. http://umd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/generales/localidad.php?var=41201 Localidades
  2. News: Mercado, David. Lake Poopo Dries Up . Reuters . https://web.archive.org/web/20151219000451/https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/lake-poopo-dries-up?articleId=USRTX1Z7EZ . 19 December 2015 . live.
  3. News: Paskevics, Emily . 19 December 2015 . Lake Poopó, Second Largest In Bolivia, Dries Up Completely . Headlines & Global News (HNGN) . https://web.archive.org/web/20160209062113/http://www.hngn.com/articles/162142/20151219/lake-poop%C3%B3-second-largest-bolivia-dries-up-completely.htm . 9 February 2016 . live.