Departments of Bolivia

Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments (). 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 . Pando is the least populated, with a population of 110,436. The smallest in area is Tarija, encompassing .

Departments FlagDepartmentISO 3166-2 codeCapital cityLargest cityPopulation(2024)Areakm2 (sq mi)Density per km2 (sq mi)Deputyseats Beni BTrinidad 9 Chuquisaca HSucre 11 Cochabamba CCochabamba 19 La Paz L La Paz El Alto 29 Oruro OOruro 9 Pando NCobija 5 Potosí PPotosí 14 Santa Cruz SSanta Cruz de la Sierra 25 Tarija TTarija 9

Former Departments FlagDepartmentCapital cityLargest cityPopulationAreakm2 (sq mi)Fate Litoral Department Antofagasta (1879) Incorporated into Chile

By population +Department202420122001199219761950190018821854184518351831BeniN/AChuquisacaCochabambaLa PazLitoralN/AOruroPandoN/APotosíSanta CruzTarijaOtherN/AN/A

Notes

See also

ISO 3166-2:BO, the ISO codes for the departments of Bolivia. Bolivian autonomy referendums, 2008 List of Bolivian departments by Human Development Index Lists of Bolivian department governors

References

External links

National Bolivian Institute of Statistics