La Paz Depairtment (Bolivie)

The La Paz Depairtment o Bolivie comprises  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 . 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 

The Depairtment o La Paz is dividit intae 20 provinces (provincias) whilk is thairsels subdividit intae 85 municipalities www.bolivia.com (Inglis) (municipios) an - on the fowert level - intae cantons.

The provinces wi thair caipitals are:

ProvinceAurie km²Population 2005 (est.)CaipitalAbel Iturralde42,81513,972IxiamasAroma4,51098,378Sica SicaBautista Saavedra2,52512,259 	CharazaniCaranavi3,40055,492CaranaviEliodoro Camacho2,08059,847Puerto AcostaFranz Tamayo15,90018,852ApoloGualberto Villarroel1,93518,562San Pedro de Curahuara de CarangasIngavi5,410106,086ViachaInquisivi6,43060,582 	InquisiviJosé Manuel Pando1,9767,036 	Santiago de MachacaJosé Ramón Loayza3,37048,050LuribayLarecaja8,11067,662 	SorataLos Andes1,65873,728PucaraniManco Kapac36724,039CopacabanaMuñecas4,96529,694ChumaNor Yungas1,72025,790CoroicoOmasuyos2,06592,126AchacachiPacajes10,58452,183Coro CoroPedro Domingo Murillo4,7051,758,495PalcaSud Yungas5,77069,794 	ChulumaniTot:133.985 km²Note: 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.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo  (Spaingie)

 LLeid Depairtment BolivieQuechua158,2602,281,198Aymara1,181,5931,525,321Guaraní1,52662,575Anither native 4,44649,432Spaingie 1,973,7086,821,626Foreign70,448250,754Anerlie native257,242960,491Native an Spaingie1,027,9992,739,407Spaingie an foreign946,6504,115,751

 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

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 La Paz Ceety Guide 
 Weather in La Paz 
 Bolivie Muisic an Web Varieties 


Category:Depairtments o Bolivie