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La Paz Depairtment (Bolivie)

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Depairtment o La Paz
Madidi National Park
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Coat of airms o Depairtment o La Paz
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Location within Bolivia
Location within Bolivia
Provinces of the La Paz Department
Provinces of the La Paz Department
Kintra Bolivie
CaipitalNuestra Señora de La Paz
Govrenment
 • PrefectPablo Ramos Sánchez
Area
 • Total133985 km2 (51,732 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total2,350,466
 • Density18.0/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)
HDI (2004)-
Websitehttp://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo/

The La Paz Depairtment o Bolivie comprises 133,985 square kilometre (51,732 sq mi) wi a 2001 census population o 2,350,466 indwallers. It is situatit at Bolivie's wastren mairch, skarin Lake Titicaca wi Peru. It conteens the michty Cordillera Real that reaches altitudes o 6.6 kilometer (4.1 mi). Northeast o the Cordillera Real is the Yungas, the steep eastren slopes o the Andes that maks the transition tae the Amazon basin. The caipital o the depairtment is the La Paz, the admeenistrative caipital o Bolivie an aw.

Provinces

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The Depairtment o La Paz is dividit intae 20 provinces (provincias) whilk is thairsels subdividit intae 85 municipalities [1] (municipios) an - on the fowert level - intae cantons.

The provinces wi thair caipitals are:

Province Aurie km² Population 2005 (est.) Caipital
Abel Iturralde 42,815 13,972 Ixiamas
Aroma 4,510 98,378 Sica Sica
Bautista Saavedra 2,525 12,259 Charazani
Caranavi 3,400 55,492 Caranavi
Eliodoro Camacho 2,080 59,847 Puerto Acosta
Franz Tamayo 15,900 18,852 Apolo
Gualberto Villarroel 1,935 18,562 San Pedro de Curahuara de Carangas
Ingavi 5,410 106,086 Viacha
Inquisivi 6,430 60,582 Inquisivi
José Manuel Pando 1,976 7,036 Santiago de Machaca
José Ramón Loayza 3,370 48,050 Luribay
Larecaja 8,110 67,662 Sorata
Los Andes 1,658 73,728 Pucarani
Manco Kapac 367 24,039 Copacabana
Muñecas 4,965 29,694 Chuma
Nor Yungas 1,720 25,790 Coroico
Omasuyos 2,065 92,126 Achacachi
Pacajes 10,584 52,183 Coro Coro
Pedro Domingo Murillo 4,705 1,758,495 Palca
Sud Yungas 5,770 69,794 Chulumani
Tot: 133.985 km²
Note: Mair nor 3,770 km² o Lake Titicaca

The leids spoken in the depairtment is mainly Spaingie, Aymara, Quechua an Guaraní. The follaein table shaws the nummer o thaim belangin the recognisit group o speakers.[2]

LLeid Depairtment Bolivie
Quechua 158,260 2,281,198
Aymara 1,181,593 1,525,321
Guaraní 1,526 62,575
Anither native 4,446 49,432
Spaingie 1,973,708 6,821,626
Foreign 70,448 250,754
Anerlie native 257,242 960,491
Native an Spaingie 1,027,999 2,739,407
Spaingie an foreign 946,650 4,115,751

Places o interest

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