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Ocurí is a town in the Bolivian Potosí Department.[1]
Ocurí | |
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Coordinates: 18°50′33″S 65°47′47″W / 18.84250°S 65.79639°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | Potosí Department |
Province | Chayanta Province |
Elevation | 13,209 ft (4,026 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,200 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Ocurí is the administrative center of the Ocurí Municipality in the Chayanta Province. It is located about 100 km north of Potosí, the department capital, on a mountain ridge at an elevation of 4,026 m on Río Ocurí, a tributary of Río Guadalupe and Río Guadalajara.
Ocurí is situated on Route 6, the direct connection between Oruro and Sucre. Route 6 of almost 1,000 km length connects the departments of Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Potosí und Oruro with each other.
Ocurí has a population of about 2,200 inhabitants.