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			{{Short description\|First-level administrative divisions of Bolivia}}
	] is divided into nine ] ({{lang-es\|departamentos}}). Each of the departments is subdivided into ] (''provincias''), which are further subdivided into ] (''municipios'').
			{{Infobox subdivision type
			\| name = Departments of Bolivia
			\| alt_name = ''Departamentos de Bolivia'' (])
			\| map = ]
			\| category = ]
			\| territory = ]
			\| start_date =
			\| current_number = ]
			\| number_date =
			\| population_range = 110,436 (]) – 3,412,921 (])
			\| area_range = {{Convert\|14526\|sqmi\|km2\|order=flip\|abbr=on}} (]) – {{Convert\|143098\|sqmi\|km2\|order=flip\|abbr=on}} (])
			\| government = Departmental governments, ]
			\| subdivision = ]
			}}

			] is a ] consisting of nine ''']''' ({{langx\|es\|departamentos}}). Departments are the primary subdivisions of Bolivia, and possess certain rights under the ]. Each department is represented in the ]—a ] legislature consisting of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Each department is represented by four Senators, while Deputies are awarded to each department in proportion to their total population.
	Departments are governed by the elected governors (until 2010, prefects; and until 2005, appointed by the President) and by independently elected Departmental Legislative Assemblies (until 2010; Departmental Councils).

			Out of the nine departments, ] was originally the most populous, with 2,706,351 inhabitants as of 2012 but the far eastern department of ] has since surpassed it by 2020; Santa Cruz also claims the title as the largest, encompassing {{Convert\|370621\|km2\|mi2}}. ] is the least populated, with a population of 110,436. The smallest in area is ], encompassing {{Convert\|37623\|km2\|mi2}}.
	Bolivia's nine departments received greater autonomy under the Administrative Decentralization law of 1995. Departmental autonomy further increased with the first popular elections for departmental governors, known as prefects, on 18 December 2005. Four departments (], ], ] and ]) voted for greater autonomy in 2005, and without constitutional authorization, passed statutes of autonomy in 2008.<ref>, '']'', 2007-12-16.</ref> The remaining five departments approved departmental autonomy in the ].

			== Departments ==
	==Department statistics==
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			!Department
	\|colspan=8 style="background:#black; color:white;" align=center bgcolor="green"\|'''Departments of Bolivia'''
			!] code
			!Capital city
			!Largest city
			!Population<br />(2024)<ref name=":0" />
			!Area<br />km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)
			!Density per <br />km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)
			!Deputy<br />seats
	\|-		\|-
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			\| ]
			\| B
			\|colspan="2"\|]
			\| {{nts\|477441}}
			\| {{Convert\|213564\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 477441 / 213564 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| 9
	\|-		\|-
			\| ]
	! style="background:#e8e8e8;" \| '''Department'''
			\| ]
	! style="background:#e8e8e8;" \| '''Abbreviation'''
			\| H
	! style="background:#e8e8e8;" \| '''Population'''
			\|colspan="2"\|]
	! style="background:#e8e8e8;" \| '''Area (km²)'''
			\| {{nts\|600132}}
	! style="background:#e8e8e8;" \| '''Density'''
			\| {{Convert\|51524\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
	! style="background:#e8e8e8;" \| '''Capital (Pop.)'''
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 600132 / 51524 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
	! style="background:#e8e8e8;" \| '''Map'''
			\| 11
	! style="background:#e8e8e8;" \| '''Flag'''
			\|-
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\| C
			\|colspan="2"\|]
			\| {{nts\|2005373}}
			\| {{Convert\|55631\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 2005373 / 55631 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| 19
			\|-
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\| L
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\| {{nts\|3022566}}
			\| {{Convert\|133985\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 3022566 / 133985 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| 29
			\|-
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\| O
			\|colspan="2"\|]
			\| {{nts\|570194}}
			\| {{Convert\|53588\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 570194 / 53588 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| 9
			\|-
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\| N
			\|colspan="2"\|]
			\| {{Nts\|130761}}
			\| {{Convert\|63827\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 130761 / 63827 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| 5
			\|-
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\| P
			\|colspan="2"\|]
			\| {{Nts\|856419}}
			\| {{Convert\|118218\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 856419 / 118218 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| 14
			\|-
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\| S
			\|colspan="2"\|]
			\| {{Nts\|3115386}}
			\| {{Convert\|370621\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 3115386 / 370621 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| 25
			\|-
			\| ]
			\| ]
			\| T
			\|colspan="2"\|]
			\| {{Nts\|534348}}
			\| {{Convert\|37623\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| {{Convert\|{{#expr: 534348 / 37623 round 2}}\|PD/km2\|2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
			\| 9
			\|}

			===Former Departments===
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			!class="unsortable"\|Flag
			!Department
			!Capital city
			!Largest city
			!Population
			!Area<br />km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)
			!Fate
	\|-		\|-
			\| ]
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=left\|'''Total Bolivia'''
			\| ]
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|'''BOL'''
			\|colspan="2"\| ]
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|'''10,027,644'''
			\| {{nts\|15000}} (1879)
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|'''1,098,581'''
			\| {{Convert\|154393\|km2\|mi2\|abbr=values\|sortable=on}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|'''9.1'''
			\| ] into ]
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=left\|''']''' (Constitutional)<br />''']''' (Seat of Government)
			\|}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]

	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			== By population ==
			{\| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
			\|+
			! scope="col" \|Department
			! scope="col" \|2024<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\| last = Instituto Nacional de Estadística\| title = Somos 11.312.620 bolivianos y Santa Cruz es el departamento que más creció y más poblado\| work = CENSO BOLIVIA\| format = Página Oficial del Censo de Población y Vivienda Bolivia\| access-date = 2024-09-30\| date = 2024-08-29\| url = https://censo.ine.gob.bo/somos-11-312-620-bolivianos-y-santa-cruz-es-el-departamento-que-mas-crecio-y-mas-poblado/}}</ref>
			! scope="col" \|2012
			! scope="col" \|2001
			! scope="col" \|1992
			! scope="col" \|1976
			! scope="col" \|1950
			! scope="col" \|1900
			! scope="col" \|1882
			! scope="col" \|1854
			! scope="col" \|1845
			! scope="col" \|1835
			! scope="col" \|1831
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|align~~=~~left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\|{{Nts\|477441}}
	\|align=center\| BNI
			\|{{Nts\|421196}}
	\|align=right\| 430,049
			\|{{Nts\|362521}}
	\|align=right\| 213,564
			\|{{Nts\|276174}}
	\|align=center\| 1.9
			\|{{Nts\|168367}}
	\|align=left\| ] (86,385)
			\|{{Nts\|71636}}
	\|align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|24500}}
	\|align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|16700}}
			\|{{Nts\|33400}}
			\|{{Nts\|48400}}
			\| colspan="2" \|N/A{{efn\|The Department of Beni was created November 18, 1842}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~style~~="~~background:#efefef;~~" ~~align=left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\|{{Nts\|600132}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|CHQ
			\|{{Nts\|576153}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|631,062
			\|{{Nts\|531522}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|51,524
			\|{{Nts\|453756}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|11.9
			\|{{Nts\|358516}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=left\|] (280,259)
			\|{{Nts\|260479}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|187100}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|113300}}
			\|{{Nts\|189500}}
			\|{{Nts\|156000}}
			\|{{Nts\|95000}}
			\|{{Nts\|112600}}
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|align~~=~~left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\|{{Nts\|2005373}}
	\|align=center\|CBB
			\|{{Nts\|1758143}}
	\|align=right\|1,786,040
			\|{{Nts\|1455711}}
	\|align=right\|55,631
			\|{{Nts\|1110205}}
	\|align=center\|22.7
			\|{{Nts\|720952}}
	\|align=left\|] (586,813)
			\|{{Nts\|452145}}
	\|align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|310600}}
	\|align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|176800}}
			\|{{Nts\|322900}}
			\|{{Nts\|279000}}
			\|{{Nts\|162400}}
			\|{{Nts\|226700}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~style~~="~~background:#efefef;~~" ~~align=left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\|{{Nts\|3022566}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|LPZ
			\|{{Nts\|2706351}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|2,756,989
			\|{{Nts\|2350466}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|133,985
			\|{{Nts\|1900786}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|19.9
			\|{{Nts\|1465078}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=left\|] (835,000)
			\|{{Nts\|854079}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|406600}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|312700}}
			\|{{Nts\|471200}}
			\|{{Nts\|412900}}
			\|{{Nts\|373600}}
			\|{{Nts\|348100}}
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|align~~=~~left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\| colspan="8" \|N/A{{efn\|The Litoral Department was taken by ] after the ]}}
	\|align=center\|ORU
			\|{{Nts\|5500}}
	\|align=right\|444,093
			\|{{Nts\|4500}}
	\|align=right\|53,558
			\|{{Nts\|5100}}
	\|align=center\|8.2
			\|{{Nts\|3800}}
	\|align=left\|] (281,700)
	\|align=center\|]
	\|align=center\|]
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~style~~="~~background:#efefef;~~" ~~align=left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\|{{Nts\|570194}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|PND
			\|{{Nts\|494178}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|75,335
			\|{{Nts\|391870}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|63,827
			\|{{Nts\|340114}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|1.1
			\|{{Nts\|310409}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=left\|] (32,217)
			\|{{Nts\|192356}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|82000}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|111400}}
			\|{{Nts\|91800}}
			\|{{Nts\|95300}}
			\|{{Nts\|111000}}
			\|{{Nts\|84100}}
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|align~~=~~left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\|{{Nts\|130761}}
	\|align=center\|PSI
			\|{{Nts\|110436}}
	\|align=right\|780,392
			\|{{Nts\|52525}}
	\|align=right\|118,218
			\|{{Nts\|38072}}
	\|align=center\|6.5
			\|{{Nts\|34493}}
	\|align=left\|] (149,246)
			\|{{Nts\|16284}}
	\|align=center\|]
			\| colspan="6" \|N/A{{efn\|Pando Department was created 24 September 1938}}
	\|align=center\|]
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~style~~="~~background:#efefef;~~" ~~align=left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\|{{Nts\|856419}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|SCZ
			\|{{Nts\|823517}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|2,626,697
			\|{{Nts\|709013}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=right\|370,621
			\|{{Nts\|645889}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|7.1
			\|{{Nts\|657743}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=left\|] (1,638,343)
			\|{{Nts\|509087}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|310100}}
	\| style="background:#efefef;" align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|234000}}
			\|{{Nts\|250700}}
			\|{{Nts\|243300}}
			\|{{Nts\|226300}}
			\|{{Nts\|192200}}
	\|-		\|-
	~~\|align~~=~~left~~\|]		! scope="row" \|]
			\|{{Nts\|3115386}}
	\|align=center\|TJA
			\|{{Nts\|2655084}}
	\|align=right\| 496,988
			\|{{Nts\|2029471}}
	\|align=right\|37,623
			\|{{Nts\|1364389}}
	\|align=center\|12.5
			\|{{Nts\|710724}}
	\|align=left\|] (170,906)
			\|{{Nts\|244658}}
	\|align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|163400}}
	\|align=center\|]
			\|{{Nts\|94000}}
			\|{{Nts\|120400}}
			\|{{Nts\|75600}}
			\|{{Nts\|54400}}
			\|{{Nts\|43800}}
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row" \|]
	\|colspan=8 style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=righth\|<small>Source: Demographic Projections 2008, ].<ref></ref> Population density calculated based on 2006 population projections.</small>
			\|{{Nts\|534348}}
			\|{{Nts\|482196}}
			\|{{Nts\|391226}}
			\|{{Nts\|291407}}
			\|{{Nts\|187204}}
			\|{{Nts\|103441}}
			\|{{Nts\|64700}}
			\|{{Nts\|31500}}
			\|{{Nts\|60000}}
			\|{{Nts\|63800}}
			\|{{Nts\|33000}}
			\|{{Nts\|36200}}
			\|-
			! scope="row" \|Other
			\| colspan="6" \|N/A
			\|{{Nts\|6900}}
			\|{{Nts\|7200}}
			\|{{Nts\|4400}}
			\| colspan="2" \|N/A
			\|{{Nts\|41200}}
	\|}		\|}

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			== Notes ==
			{{notelist}}

	==See also==		==See also==
			{{portal\|Bolivia}}
	* ], the ISO codes for the departments of Bolivia.		* ], the ISO codes for the departments of Bolivia.
	* ]		* ]
			* ]

	== References ==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
			* {{Cite web\|author=National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia \|author-link1=National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia \|title=Bolivia Caracteristicas de Populacion y Vivienda: Censo Nacional de Populacion y Vivienda 2012 \|trans-title=Bolivia Characteristics of Population and Housing: National Censo of Population and Housing 2012 \|language=es \|url=http://www.ine.gob.bo:8081/censo2012/PDF/resultadosCPV2012.pdf \|type=PDF \|publisher=Bolivian National Institute of Statistics \|year=2012 \|access-date=19 January 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209134921/http://www.ine.gob.bo:8081/censo2012/PDF/resultadosCPV2012.pdf \|archive-date=9 February 2014 }}

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First-level administrative divisions of Bolivia

Departments of Bolivia
Also known as: Departamentos de Bolivia (Spanish)

Category	Unitary state
Location	Plurinational State of Bolivia
Number	9
Populations	110,436 (Pando) – 3,412,921 (Santa Cruz)
Areas	37,620 km (14,526 sq mi) (Tarija) – 370,620 km (143,098 sq mi) (Santa Cruz)
Government	Departmental governments, national government
Subdivisions	Provinces

Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments (Spanish: departamentos). Departments are the primary subdivisions of Bolivia, and possess certain rights under the Constitution of Bolivia. Each department is represented in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly—a bicameral legislature consisting of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Each department is represented by four Senators, while Deputies are awarded to each department in proportion to their total population.

Out of the nine departments, La Paz was originally the most populous, with 2,706,351 inhabitants as of 2012 but the far eastern department of Santa Cruz has since surpassed it by 2020; Santa Cruz also claims the title as the largest, encompassing 370,621 square kilometres (143,098 sq mi). Pando is the least populated, with a population of 110,436. The smallest in area is Tarija, encompassing 37,623 square kilometres (14,526 sq mi).

Departments

Department	ISO 3166-2 code	Capital city	Largest city	Population (2024)	Area km (sq mi)	Density per km (sq mi)	Deputy seats
Beni	B	Trinidad		477,441	213,564 (82,458)	2.24 (5.80)	9
Chuquisaca	H	Sucre		600,132	51,524 (19,894)	11.65 (30.17)	11
Cochabamba	C	Cochabamba		2,005,373	55,631 (21,479)	36.05 (93.37)	19
La Paz	L	La Paz	El Alto	3,022,566	133,985 (51,732)	22.56 (58.43)	29
Oruro	O	Oruro		570,194	53,588 (20,690)	10.64 (27.56)	9
Pando	N	Cobija		130,761	63,827 (24,644)	2.05 (5.31)	5
Potosí	P	Potosí		856,419	118,218 (45,644)	7.24 (18.75)	14
Santa Cruz	S	Santa Cruz de la Sierra		3,115,386	370,621 (143,098)	8.41 (21.78)	25
Tarija	T	Tarija		534,348	37,623 (14,526)	14.2 (36.78)	9

Former Departments

Flag	Department	Capital city	Largest city	Population	Area km (sq mi)	Fate
	Litoral Department	Antofagasta		15,000 (1879)	154,393 (59,611)	Incorporated into Chile

By population


Department	2024	2012	2001	1992	1976	1950	1900	1882	1854	1845	1835	1831
Beni	477,441	421,196	362,521	276,174	168,367	71,636	24,500	16,700	33,400	48,400	N/A
Chuquisaca	600,132	576,153	531,522	453,756	358,516	260,479	187,100	113,300	189,500	156,000	95,000	112,600
Cochabamba	2,005,373	1,758,143	1,455,711	1,110,205	720,952	452,145	310,600	176,800	322,900	279,000	162,400	226,700
La Paz	3,022,566	2,706,351	2,350,466	1,900,786	1,465,078	854,079	406,600	312,700	471,200	412,900	373,600	348,100
Litoral	N/A								5,500	4,500	5,100	3,800
Oruro	570,194	494,178	391,870	340,114	310,409	192,356	82,000	111,400	91,800	95,300	111,000	84,100
Pando	130,761	110,436	52,525	38,072	34,493	16,284	N/A
Potosí	856,419	823,517	709,013	645,889	657,743	509,087	310,100	234,000	250,700	243,300	226,300	192,200
Santa Cruz	3,115,386	2,655,084	2,029,471	1,364,389	710,724	244,658	163,400	94,000	120,400	75,600	54,400	43,800
Tarija	534,348	482,196	391,226	291,407	187,204	103,441	64,700	31,500	60,000	63,800	33,000	36,200
Other	N/A						6,900	7,200	4,400	N/A		41,200

Notes

The Department of Beni was created November 18, 1842
The Litoral Department was taken by Chile after the War of the Pacific
Pando Department was created 24 September 1938

References

^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2024-08-29). "Somos 11.312.620 bolivianos y Santa Cruz es el departamento que más creció y más poblado" (Página Oficial del Censo de Población y Vivienda Bolivia). CENSO BOLIVIA. Retrieved 2024-09-30.

National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (2012). "Bolivia Caracteristicas de Populacion y Vivienda: Censo Nacional de Populacion y Vivienda 2012" [Bolivia Characteristics of Population and Housing: National Censo of Population and Housing 2012] (PDF) (PDF) (in Spanish). Bolivian National Institute of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

External links

National Bolivian Institute of Statistics

v t e Departments of Bolivia
Beni Chuquisaca Cochabamba La Paz Oruro Pando Potosí Santa Cruz Tarija

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