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According to the National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (INE), a city is classified as an area where the city limits are identifiable, and its local government is recognized. Bolivia has 1,384 cities. As of 21 November 2012, the date of the most-recent national census, 53 cities have a population of at least 10,000 in Bolivia, as enumerated by the INE. These 53 cities have a population of 6,162,346, accounting for 61.4% of the country's population. The largest city is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, with a population of 1,441,406, a 29.4% increase from the last census date of 5 September 2001. La Guardia had the highest percentage increase, 801.5%, from 2001 to 2012.

From 2001 to 2012, Bolivia had a population increase of 21.1%. Of the 53 cities, 42 had a higher increase than 21.1%, 8 had lower increase and 3 had a small decrease. The three cities that had a negative population growth from 2001 to 2012 are La Paz (−4.1%), Yacuíba (−4.2%), and Santa Ana del Yacuma (−5.4%). With the exception of the Department of La Paz, each department's capital city is the largest city in its respective department. The Department of Santa Cruz has the most cities (18), and Pando and Chuquisaca have the least (1).

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• A In 2001, Yapacaní did not exist. The INE consolidated 19 cities, which had a 2001 population of 16,572, for the 2012 census to form Yapacaní.

References

1. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística". INE.
2. ^ "Ciudades/Comunidades/Centros Poblados a Localidades Empadronadas en el Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012" [Cities/Communities/Towns and Villages Centers Enumerated in the Census of Population and Housing 2012] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
3. "Bolivia" (in Spanish). UNESCO. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
4. "El Gobierno Realizará el Censo 2012 el 21 de Noviembre" [The Government will make the 2012 Census on 21 November]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
5. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (2003). "Bolivia: Niveles, Tendencias y Diferenciales de la Fecundidad" [Bolivia: Levels, Trends and Differentials of Fertility] (PDF) (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
6. "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda – 2001" [Census of Population and Housing – 2001] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
7. "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda – 2001: Bolivia: Santa Cruz Departamento: Ichilo Provincia: Yapacaní Municipales" [Census of Population and Housing – 2001: Santa Cruz Department: Ichilo Province: Yapacaní Municipality] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
8. "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2012: Santa Cruz Departamento: Ichilo Provincia: Yapacaní Municipales" [Census of Population and Housing 2012: Santa Cruz Department: Ichilo Province: Yapacaní Municipality]. National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia. Retrieved 16 February 2014.

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