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	== Departments ==		== Departments ==

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Departments of Bolivia Departamentos de Bolivia (Spanish)

Category	Unitary State
Location	Plurinational State of Bolivia
Number	9
Populations	110,436 (Pando) – 2,706,359 (La Paz)
Areas	37,620 km (14,526 sq mi) (Tarija) – 370,620 km (143,098 sq mi) (Santa Cruz)
Government	Department government, National government
Subdivisions	Province

Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments (Template:Lang-es). 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 (2020)	Area km (sq mi)	Density per km (sq mi)	Deputy seats
Beni	B	Trinidad		480,308	213,564 (82,458)	1.97 (5.10)	9
Chuquisaca	H	Sucre		637,013	51,524 (19,894)	11.18 (28.96)	11
Cochabamba	C	Cochabamba		2,028,639	55,631 (21,479)	31.6 (81.84)	19
La Paz	L	La Paz	El Alto	2,926,996	133,985 (51,732)	20.2 (52.32)	29
Oruro	O	Oruro		551,116	53,588 (20,690)	9.22 (23.88)	9
Pando	N	Cobija		154,355	63,827 (24,644)	1.73 (4.48)	5
Potosí	P	Potosí		901,555	118,218 (45,644)	6.97 (18.05)	14
Santa Cruz	S	Santa Cruz de la Sierra		3,370,059	370,621 (143,098)	7.16 (18.54)	25
Tarija	T	Tarija		583,330	37,623 (14,526)	12.82 (33.20)	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

References

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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