La Paz Department (Bolivia)
{{Short description|Department of Bolivia}}
{{Other uses|La Paz Department (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = La Paz
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| native_name = Departamento de La Paz (Spanish)
Chuqiyapu jach'a suyu (Aymara)
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| settlement_type = Department
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| image_skyline = Hombre_Aymara_y_Lago_Titicaca.jpg
| image_caption = Lake Titicaca in the Andes
| image_flag = Bandera de La Paz.svg
| flag_size = 100px
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| image_shield = Escudo del Departamento de La Paz.svg
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| image_map = La Paz in Bolivia.svg
| map_caption = Location of La Paz Department within Bolivia
| image_map1 = Bolivia_Departamento_La_Paz.png
| mapsize1 =
| map_caption1 = Provinces of the La Paz Department
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| coordinates = {{Coord|15|00|S|68|21|W|region:BO-L_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{BOL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Capital
| subdivision_name1 = Nuestra Señora de La Paz
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| government_type =
| leader_title = Governor
| leader_name = Santos Quispe
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| area_total_km2 = 133985
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| population_as_of = 2024 census
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| population_total = 3,022,566
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = BOT
| utc_offset = -4
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| blank_name = HDI (2019)
| blank_info = 0.717{{Cite web |url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/ |title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab |website=hdi.globaldatalab.org |language=en |access-date=2018-09-13 |archive-date=2018-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/ |url-status=live }}
{{color|#0c0|high}} · 6th of 9
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| blank1_info = BO-L
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| blank3_name = GDP (2023)
| blank3_info = in 2015 constant values{{cite web|url=https://tellusant.com/repo/tb/tellubase_factsheet_bol.pdf|publisher=Tellusant|title=TelluBase—BoliviaFact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)| access-date = 2024-01-11}}
| blank4_name = - Total
| blank4_info = US$ 8.2 billion
Int$ 19.3 billion (PPP)
| blank5_name = - Per capita
| blank5_info = US$ 2,700
Int$ 6,300 (PPP)
| website = {{URL|http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo/}}
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The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises {{convert|133985|km2|sqmi|0}} with a 2024 census population of 3,022,566 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with the neighboring Peru. It contains the Cordillera Real mountain range, which reaches altitudes of {{convert|6.6|km|ft|sp=us}}. Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the Yungas, the steep eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains that make the transition to the Amazon River basin to the northeast. The capital of the department is the city of La Paz and is the administrative city and seat of government/national capital of Bolivia.
Provinces
The Department of La Paz is divided into 20 provinces (provincias) which are further subdivided into 85 municipalities[http://www.bolivia.com/noticIAS/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia42293.asp www.bolivia.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095539/http://www.bolivia.com/noticIAS/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia42293.asp |date=2014-10-06 }} (English) (municipios) and - on the fourth level - into cantons.
The provinces with their capitals are:
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!Province !Area km2 !Population (2012 census) !Capital |
| Abel Iturralde
|42,815 |18,073 |
| Aroma
|4,510 |97,364 |
| Bautista Saavedra
|2,525 |16,308 |
| Caranavi
|3,400 |59,365 |
| Eliodoro Camacho
|2,080 |53,747 |
| Franz Tamayo
|15,900 |26,997 |
| Gualberto Villarroel
|1,935 |17,782 |
| Ingavi
|5,410 |134,535 |
| Inquisivi
|6,430 |66,346 |
| José Manuel Pando
|1,976 |7,381 |
| José Ramón Loayza
|3,370 |47,295 |
| Larecaja
|8,110 |86,481 |
| Los Andes
|1,658 |77,579 |
| Manco Kapac
|367 |27,154 |
| Muñecas
|4,965 |29,694 |
| Nor Yungas
|1,720 |36,983 |
| Omasuyos
|2,065 |84,484 |
| Pacajes
|10,584 |55,180 |
| Pedro Domingo Murillo
|4,705 |1,663,099 |
| Sud Yungas
|5,770 |105,013 |
| Total:
|133,985 km2 |2,706,359 | |
| Note: More than 3,770 km2 of Lake Titicaca |
Government
The chief executive office of Bolivia's departments (since May 2010) is the Governor; before then, the office was called the Prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by the President of Bolivia and then the governor is elected by the voters. The current governor, Santos Quispe, was elected on 11 April 2021 and took office on 3 May.
Under the 2009 Constitution, Bolivian departments have an elected legislature, known as the Departmental Legislative Assembly. The La Paz Assembly has 45 members including five indigenous / natives minority representatives.
The most recent governor election results (2021) are as follows:{{cite web |title=Los partidos combinan perfiles para la Gobernación de La Paz |url=http://eju.tv/2010/02/los-partidos-combinan-perfiles-para-la-gobernacin-de-la-paz/ |date=24 February 2010 |access-date=2 April 2019 |publisher=eju.tv |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403025500/http://eju.tv/2010/02/los-partidos-combinan-perfiles-para-la-gobernacin-de-la-paz/ |url-status=live }}
{{Election results
|dsv =
|party1 = Together for the Call of the Peoples
|cand1 = Santos Quispe
|votes1 = 392132
|votes1_2 = 831816
|party2 = Movement for Socialism
|cand2 = Franklin Flores
|votes2 = 618221
|votes2_2 = 674220
|party3 = For the Common Good - We are the People (MDS)
|cand3 = Rafael Quispe
|votes3 = 349384
|color3 = #01C9AF
|party4 = Third System Movement
|cand4 = Félix Patzi
|votes4 = 67948
|party5 = Front for Victory
|cand5 = Franclin Gutierrez
|votes5 = 23519
|color5 = {{party color|Front for Victory (Bolivia)}}
|party6 = Sovereignty and Liberty
|cand6 = Beatriz Alvarez
|votes6 = 22625
|color6 = {{party color|Sovereignty and Liberty Bolivia}}
|party7 = National Unity Front
|cand7 = Claudia Bravo Terrazas
|votes7 = 21331
|party8 = Overcome
|cand8 = Juan Choque
|votes8 = 16314
|color8 = #E83A07
|party9 = Christian Democratic Party
|cand9 = Rufo Calle
|votes9 = 11033
|party10 = Civic Community - Autonomies for Bolivia
|cand10 = Mateo Laura
|votes10 = 8578
|party11 = Patriotic Social Alliance
|cand11 = Julio Tito
|votes11 = 7944
|party12 = Bolivian National Action Party
|cand12 = Orlando Quispe
|votes12 = 6886
|party13 = Movement for Sovereignty
|cand13 = Federico Zelada
|votes13 = 6269
|party14 = For my La Paz, United Invincible
|cand14 = Santiago Quenta
|votes14 = 5025
|color14 = #8D0A70
|invalid = 166386
|invalid2 = 115092
|electorate = 1950428
|electorate2 = 1947828
|source = Plurinational Electoral Organ{{Cite web |title=ELECCIÓN DE AUTORIDADES POLÍTICAS DEPARTAMENTALES, REGIONALES Y MUNICIPALES 2021 |url=https://computo.oep.org.bo/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=1d2a389d4b4f0ceadd3b4e9fb2562872196b8a7d-1615907027-0-AVua9zQCz-s4SxFkAfJPVqv8QA2bTXtHuhNjMHXeXO3GPFrDcqEWqCoAqqes4bgaYu9BlN5RRxrg4IVQc_LKoOZ0UhziRo6YYgwgno43kebcAug7KMtWMxwDvLczCpc8NBGkemrF_8yyt5w4tO9If8MTDdKGRMxQIHyfbEJK_ne3v1YJlSLhz1rpoKT207HkNzkHUln2cd9b6ZM8K4d8Q6aMOds8fu_kH5Cv-dWkGvcH7QXX445QzJp0ecLrgFzqn1Ru2VrHt81bJoRzr2JDsVO9M_632JUPc5r4b7Roio36hWXGV2XUdq42Ks5KkR-Fbw |access-date=2021-03-16 |website=computo.oep.org.bo |archive-date=2021-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522083639/https://computo.oep.org.bo/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=1d2a389d4b4f0ceadd3b4e9fb2562872196b8a7d-1615907027-0-AVua9zQCz-s4SxFkAfJPVqv8QA2bTXtHuhNjMHXeXO3GPFrDcqEWqCoAqqes4bgaYu9BlN5RRxrg4IVQc_LKoOZ0UhziRo6YYgwgno43kebcAug7KMtWMxwDvLczCpc8NBGkemrF_8yyt5w4tO9If8MTDdKGRMxQIHyfbEJK_ne3v1YJlSLhz1rpoKT207HkNzkHUln2cd9b6ZM8K4d8Q6aMOds8fu_kH5Cv-dWkGvcH7QXX445QzJp0ecLrgFzqn1Ru2VrHt81bJoRzr2JDsVO9M_632JUPc5r4b7Roio36hWXGV2XUdq42Ks5KkR-Fbw |url-status=live }}
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=Past executives=
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| Date Began
! Date Ended ! Prefect/Governor ! Party ! Notes |
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| 23 Jan 2006
| 10 Aug 2008 | José Luís Paredes Muñoz | First elected prefect. Elected in Bolivian general election, December 2005, and removed by the 2008 recall election. |
| 12 Aug 2008
| 29 Aug 2008 | Alejandro Zapata (acting, de facto) | | |
| 29 Aug 2008
| 30 May 2010 | Pablo Ramos Sánchez (acting) | MAS-IPSP | Final prefect |
| 30 May 2010
|31 May 2015 | César Hugo Cocarico Yana | MAS-IPSP | Elected in regional election on 4 April; first elected with the renamed title of governor |
| 31 May 2015
| 3 May 2021 | MTS | Elected in regional election |
| colspan="5"|Source: [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Bolivia_region.html worldstatesmen.org] |
Demographics
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|1976 |1,465,078
|1992 |1,900,786
|2001 |2,350,466
|2012 |2,719,344
|2024 |3,022,566
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Languages
The languages spoken in the department are mainly Spanish, Aymara, Quechua and Guaraní. The following table shows the number of people belonging to the recognized group of speakers.[http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/departamental/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218081358/http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/departamental/fichas/ |date=2009-02-18 }} (Spanish)
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! Language ! Department ! Bolivia |
| Quechua
| align="right" |158,260 |align="right" |2,281,198 |
| Aymara
|align="right" |1,181,593 |align="right" |1,525,321 |
| Guaraní
|align="right" |1,526 |align="right" |62,575 |
| Another native
|align="right" |4,446 |align="right" |49,432 |
| Spanish
|align="right" |1,973,708 |align="right" |6,821,626 |
| Foreign
|align="right" |70,448 |align="right" |250,754 |
| Only native
|align="right" |257,242 |align="right" |960,491 |
| Native and Spanish
|align="right" |1,027,999 |align="right" |2,739,407 |
| Spanish and foreign
|align="right" |946,650 |align="right" |4,115,751 |
Places of interest
Towns and villages
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|La Paz Department, Bolivia}}
{{EB1911 poster|La Paz (department)|La Paz Department}}
- [http://boliviatravelguide.net/site_flash/la_paz.html La Paz City Guide]
- [http://sites.google.com/site/boliviaweather/weather-in-la-paz Weather in La Paz]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060821205409/http://www.expo.com.bo/ Bolivian Music and Web Varieties]
- [http://www.bolivianland.net/ing/contenidoss.php?idcontenido=9 Full information of La Paz Department]
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