Oruro Department, Bolivia Genealogy

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Oruro Department

Guide to Oruro Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Department of Oruro

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History

• The department of Oruro was created on September 5, 1826.
• Oruro was restored by the Bolivian Europeans at the end of the 19th century as a mining center.
• Briefly the Salvadora tin mine was the most important source in the world.
• The department of Oruro has a population of approximately 495,000 people.

Provinces

Carangas Cercado Eduardo Abaroa Ladislao Cabrera

Litoral de Atacama Mejillones Nor Carangas Pantaleón Dalence

Poopó Sabaya Sajama San Pedro de Totora

Saucarí Sebastián Pagador Sud Carangas Tomás Barrón

Online Records

• 1566-1996 - Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 at FamilySearch — index and images

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