La Paz Department (Bolivia)

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Basic data
Country Bolivia
Capital La Paz
surface 133,985 km²
Residents 2,706,351 (2012 census)
density 20 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 BO-L

Coordinates: 15 ° 0 ′  S , 68 ° 20 ′  W

The Bolivian department of La Paz is located in the west of the country on the border with Peru and covers 133,985 km² and has 2,706,351 inhabitants (2012). The most important cities are the city of La Paz (capital of the department and seat of government of Bolivia) and the neighboring El Alto .

geography

The western and southwestern parts of the department belong to the high plateau of the Altiplano . The Bolivian part of Lake Titicaca and the up to 6600 m high Cordillera Real belong to it . To the northeast of the Cordillera are the Yungas , two elongated valleys on the eastern slope of the Andes , which form the transition to the Amazon lowlands. They are only about 1000 m above sea level and are the most important supplier for supplying La Paz and El Altos with fruit and vegetables . Almost the entire northern half belongs to the tropical lowlands and is only very sparsely populated.

The important ruins of Tiahuanaco are located southwest of the department capital .

population

The population of the department has more than tripled in the past 65 years:

year Residents source
1950 854 079 census
1976 1,465,078 census
1992 1 900 786 census
2001 2,350,466 census
2012 2 706 351 census

Of the 2,350,466 inhabitants of the La Paz department at the time of the 2001 census, 1,552,146 lived in urban areas and 798,320 in rural areas. Most of the urban population lives in the two cities of La Paz and El Alto . 77.46% of the population over 15 years of age (70.19% in urban and 92.47% in rural areas) counted themselves to the members of Indian peoples. The majority of them belong to the Aymara , whose main settlement area is the department of La Paz together with the neighboring department of Oruro and the neighboring areas of Peru . According to the 2001 census, 88.47% of residents over 6 years of age speak Spanish (96.69% in urban areas and 72.25% in rural areas).

Provinces

The provinces of the La Paz department

The La Paz Department is divided into 20 provinces:

No. province 2001 residents Residents 2012 note
1 Abel Iturralde Province 0011,828 0018,073
2 Provincial flavor 0086,480 0097.364
3 Bautista Saavedra Province 0011,475 0016.308
4th Caranavi Province 0051,153 0059,365
5 Franz Tamayo Province 0018,386 0026,997
6th Gualberto Villarroel Province 0015,975 0017,782
7th Eliodoro Camacho Province 0057,745 0053,747
8th Ingavi Province 0095.906 0134,535
9 Inquisivi Province 0059,495 0066,346
10 José Manuel Pando Province 0006.137 0007,381
11 Larecaja Province 0068.026 0086,473
12 Loayza Province 0043,731 0047,295
13 Los Andes Province 0069,636 0077,579
14th Manco Kapac Province 0022,892 0027,154
15th Muñecas Province 0025.163 0025.193
16 Nor Yungas Province 0023,681 0036,983
17th Omasuyos Province 0085,702 0084,484
18th Pacajes Province 0049.183 0055,180
19th Murillo Province 1,484,328 1,663,099 includes u. a. the cities of La Paz and El Alto
20th South Yungas Province 0063,544 0105.013

Biggest places

city Population 2001
(census)
Population 2012
(census)
La Paz 792.611 757.184
El Alto 695.243 842,378
Viacha 29,108 62,516
Achocalla 10,369 18,442
Caranavi 12,318 13,569
Patacamaya 10,007 11,197
Achacachi 7,560 8,857

politics

Overall result in the La Paz department in the regional elections on April 4, 2010:

electoral
legitimate
electoral
participation
valid votes MAS-IPSP MSM U.N. MPS ASP MNR
1,504,037   1,339,676 1,069,234   534.563 247,796 159,499 67,863 30,361 29,152
  89.1% 79.8%   50.0% 23.2% 14.9% 6.3% 2.8% 2.7%

tourism

In the department of La Paz are the ruins of Tiahuanaco , one of the world's most famous landmarks. Also, the Lake Titicaca and the mountainous region of Chacaltaya be visited by thousands of tourists.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ine.gob.bo
  2. INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / censosbolivia.ine.gob.bo
  3. Acta de computo Nacional Electoral Departamentales, Municipales y Regional 2010

Web links

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