La Paz Department

The Department of La Paz spans 133,985 square kilometers, featuring high mountains from the Cordillera Real range and shares Lake Titicaca with Peru.

The territory became a department in 1826 through a Supreme Decree issued by Marshal Antonio Jose de Sucre during the independence period of Bolivia.

The population speaks Spanish, Aymara, Quechua, and Guarani languages, reflecting the multicultural composition of the region's three million inhabitants.

The department includes twenty provinces and eighty-five municipalities, with La Paz city serving as both departmental capital and national seat of government.

The Cotapata National Park, Apolobamba Natural Area, and Pilon Lajas Biosphere Reserve form a network of protected natural zones within the department.

Location: Bolivia

Capital city: La Paz

Part of: Altiplano

Shares border with: Pando Department, Beni Department, Cochabamba Department, Oruro Department, Arica y Parinacota Region, Tacna Department, Puno Department, Madre de Dios Department

Website: http://gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo

GPS coordinates: -15.00000,-68.35000

Latest update: May 26, 2025 19:14