La Paz Department (Bolivia)

Department of La Paz
Department of La Paz
Department
	Ch'iyar Quta (La Paz)
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of La Paz Department within Bolivia
	Provinces of the La Paz Department
Country	Bolivia
Capital	La Paz, Bolivia
Area
• Total	133,985 km2 (51,732 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	2,706,359
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)
Website	www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo

La Paz Department is a department in Bolivia.^[1] The capital city is also named La Paz.

Provinces[change | change source]

The Department of La Paz is divided into 20 provinces (provincias) which are further divided into 85 municipalities. ^[2] Then on the fourth level into cantons.

The provinces with their capitals are:

Province	Area km²	Population (2012 census)	Capital
Abel Iturralde	42,815	18,073	Ixiamas
Aroma	4,510	97,364	Sica Sica
Bautista Saavedra	2,525	16,308	Charazani
Caranavi	3,400	59,365	Caranavi
Eliodoro Camacho	2,080	53,747	Puerto Acosta
Franz Tamayo	15,900	26,997	Apolo
Gualberto Villarroel	1,935	17,782	San Pedro de Curahuara de Carangas
Ingavi	5,410	134,535	Viacha
Inquisivi	6,430	66,346	Inquisivi
José Manuel Pando	1,976	7,381	Santiago de Machaca
José Ramón Loayza	3,370	47,295	Luribay
Larecaja	8,110	86,481	Sorata
Los Andes	1,658	77,579	Pucarani
Manco Kapac	367	27,154	Copacabana
Muñecas	4,965	29,694	Chuma
Nor Yungas	1,720	36,983	Coroico
Omasuyos	2,065	84,484	Achacachi
Pacajes	10,584	55,180	Coro Coro
Pedro Domingo Murillo	4,705	1,663,099	Palca
Sud Yungas	5,770	105,013	Chulumani
Total:	133,985 km²	2,706,359
Note: More than 3,770 km² of Lake Titicaca

Places of interest[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

↑ "The World Factbook". CIA. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
↑ www.bolivia.com (English)

15°00′S 68°20′W / 15.000°S 68.333°W / -15.000; -68.333

[1] "The World Factbook". CIA. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

[2] www.bolivia.com (English)

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