Oruro, also known as Uru-Uru, is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683, located about halfway between La Paz and Sucre on the Altiplano at approximately 3,709 meters above sea level.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude17.966667 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Oruro (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1606-11-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 297,497 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -17.966667, longitude -67.116667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 3710 m
P2046 (area)
area 1633.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 297497 (2020)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at -17.9667,-67.1167
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 3738.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -17.75, -67.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -17.75, -67.25
-17.75 -67.25 BSk
4. GeoNames: Oruro - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3909234Quote, cities500 record 3909234
-17.97153 -67.0932 P PPLA BO 05 208684 3885 America/La_Paz
Wikidata: Oruro
Wikidata Q35246, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Oruro (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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