Ocurí, Potosí

Ocurí is a small town in the Bolivian Potosí Department.

Ocurí
Ocurí
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°50′33″S 65°47′47″W
Country Bolivia
DepartmentPotosí Department
ProvinceChayanta Province
Elevation
13,209 ft (4,026 m)
Population
  Total2,200
Time zoneUTC-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.


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