Oruro

[ aw-roo-raw ]

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noun

Oruro

/ oˈruro /

a city in W Bolivia: a former silver-mining centre; university (1892); tin, copper, and tungsten. Pop: 206 000 (2005 est)

The mineral resources are important, but are less developed than those of Potosi and Oruro.

Oruro and Uyuni in the desert are mining towns with the mixed population that gathers in such places.

He described Oruro as a more agreeable place of residence than its rather dreary externals promised.

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[in-vet-er-it ]

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