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Orinoca is a municipality of Bolivia 1º Section Andomarca province Sud Carangas located 185 Kilometers from Oruro. Orinoca is the birthplace of Bolivia's President, Evo Morales. It sits on the shore of Lake Poopo. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Sud Carangas is a province in the Bolivian department of Oruro. ... Categories: South America geography stubs | Departments of Bolivia ... Juan Evo Morales Aima (born October 26, 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro), popularly known as Evo (pronounced ae-voh), is the President of Bolivia, the countrys first indigenous American president. ... Poopó is a saline lake extending circa 130 kilometres southwards of Oruro, Bolivia. ...


Economy

The rural population is largely dedicated to agriculture and raise herds of llamas and vicuñas. Binomial name Lama glama (Linnaeus, 1758) The Llama (Lama glama) is a large camelid native to South America. ... Binomial name Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) is a relative of the llama and a member of the camelid family which lives in the high Andes. ...


Routes of Communication

Orinoca is only accessible by road travel, there is a omnibus service that reaches the town twice a week.


 

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