La Paz Depairtment (Bolivie)

For ither uises, see La Paz Depairtment.

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.

Depairtment o La Paz
Madidi National Park
Banner Coat airms
Location within Bolivia
Provinces of the La Paz Department
Kintra	Bolivie
Caipital	Nuestra Señora de La Paz
Govrenment
• Prefect	Pablo Ramos Sánchez
Area
• Total	133985 km2 (51,732 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	2,350,466
• Density	18.0/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)
HDI (2004)	-
Website	http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo/

Provinces

The Depairtment o La Paz is dividit intae 20 provinces (provincias) whilk is thairsels subdividit intae 85 municipalities (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

Leids

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.

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

• Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Aurie
• Cotapata Naitional Pairk an Integratit Management Natural Aurie
• Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve an Communal Lands
• Lake Titicaca
• Chacaltaya

Freemit airtins

• La Paz Ceety Guide Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Weather in La Paz Archived 2010-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Bolivie Muisic an Web Varieties Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine