Country Bolivia Elevation 3,788 m Province Sud Carangas Province | Department Oruro Department Population 163 (2001) | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 39% Humidity | ||
Orinoca
Orinoca is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department.
Orinoca has 163 inhabitants (2001) and is the administrative center of Orinoca District. It is located at 18°58′02″S 67°15′30″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.
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 since 2006.
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