Oruro
Bolivia
Oruro's annual Carnival — a celebration of the Virgen del Socavón declared a UNESCO Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage in 2001 — is the main draw to this Bolivian Altiplano city, founded in 1606 as Villa San Felipe de Austria. High in the mountains between La Paz and Sucre, the city has historically been shaped by mining, particularly tin, silver, tungsten, and copper, giving it a boom-and-bust industrial character alongside its celebrated festival tradition.
- Population208,684
- Nearest water from center7.8 km
- Nearest mountain from center4.3 km