Municipalities of Bolivia
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Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of only one municipality. In these cases the municipalities are identical to the provinces they belong to.
History of governance[]
Municipalities in Bolivia are each led by a mayor, an executive office. Mayors were appointed by the national government from 1878 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1987.[1] Local elections were held under the 1942 municipal code, which was in force until 1991.[1] The 1985 Organic Law of Municipalities restored local elections for mayor and created a legislative body, the municipal council.[2]
In 1994, the entire territory of Bolivia was merged into municipalities, where previously only urban areas were organized as municipalities. As an effect of decentralization through the 1994 the number of municipalities in Bolivia has risen from an initial twenty-four (in 1994) to 327 (in 2005), to 337 (at the time of the 2010 elections),[3][4] to 339 (as of August 2010).[5] Of the 327 municipalities existing after 2005, 187 are inhabited by mainly indigenous population; 184 of these are located in the five Andean departments, with the remaining three in Santa Cruz department.[6] New municipalities must have at least 10,000 residents, or 5,000 in the case of border areas.[3]
List of municipalities[]
The municipalities are as follows ordered by department:
Beni[]
- Baures Municipality
- Exaltación Municipality
- Guayaramerín Municipality
- Huacaraje Municipality
- Loreto Municipality, Beni
- Magdalena Municipality, Beni
- Puerto Siles Municipality
- Reyes Municipality
- Riberalta Municipality
- Rurrenabaque Municipality
- San Andrés Municipality, Beni
- San Borja Municipality
- San Ignacio Municipality, Beni
- San Javier Municipality, Beni
- San Joaquín Municipality, Beni
- San Ramón Municipality, Beni
- Santa Ana Municipality, Beni
- Santa Rosa Municipality, Beni
- Trinidad Municipality, Beni
Cochabamba[]
- Aiquile Municipality
- Alalay Municipality
- Anzaldo Municipality
- Arani Municipality
- Arbieto Municipality
- Arque Municipality
- Ayopaya Municipality
- Bolívar Municipality, Cochabamba
- Capinota Municipality
- Chimoré Municipality
- Cliza Municipality
- Cocapata Municipality
- Cochabamba Municipality
- Colcapirhua Municipality
- Colomi Municipality
- Cuchumuela Municipality
- Entre Ríos Municipality, Cochabamba
- Mizque Municipality
- Morochata Municipality
- Muela Municipality
- Omereque Municipality
- Pasorapa Municipality
- Pocona Municipality
- Pojo Municipality
- Puerto Villarroel Municipality
- Punata Municipality
- Quillacollo Municipality
- Sacaba Municipality
- Sacabamba Municipality
- San Benito Municipality
- Santivañez Municipality
- Shinahota Municipality / Shinaota Municipality / Sinahota Municipality
- Sicaya Municipality
- Sipe Sipe Municipality
- Tacachi Municipality
- Tacopaya Municipality
- Tapacarí Municipality
- Tarata Municipality
- Tiquipaya Municipality
- Tiraque Municipality
- Toco Municipality
- Tolata Municipality
- Totora Municipality
- Tunari Municipality
- Vacas Municipality
- Vila Vila Municipality
- Vinto Municipality
Chuquisaca[]
- Azurduy Municipality
- Monteagudo Municipality
- Tarabuco Municipality
- Villa Serrano Municipality
La Paz[]
- Achacachi Municipality
- Achocalla Municipality
- Alto Beni Municipality
- Ancoraimes Municipality
- Apolo Municipality
- Aucapata Municipality
- Ayata Municipality
- Ayo Ayo Municipality
- Batallas Municipality
- Cairoma Municipality
- Cajuata Municipality
- Calacoto Municipality
- Calamarca Municipality
- Caquiaviri Municipality
- Caranavi Municipality
- Catacora Municipality
- Chacarilla Municipality
- Charaña Municipality
- Chulumani Municipality
- Chuma Municipality
- Collana Municipality
- Colquencha Municipality
- Colquiri Municipality
- Comanche Municipality
- Combaya Municipality
- Copacabana Municipality, La Paz
- Coripata Municipality
- Coro Coro Municipality
- Coroico Municipality
- Curva Municipality
- Desaguadero Municipality
- El Alto Municipality, La Paz
- Escoma Municipality
- General Juan José Pérez Municipality
- Guanay Municipality
- Guaqui Municipality
- Humanata Municipality
- Ichoca Municipality
- Inquisivi Municipality
- Irupana Municipality
- Ixiamas Municipality
- La Asunta Municipality
- La Paz Municipality
- Laja Municipality
- Licoma Pampa Municipality
- Luribay Municipality
- Malla Municipality
- Mecapaca Municipality
- Mocomoco Municipality
- Nazacara de Pacajes Municipality
- Palca Municipality
- Palos Blancos Municipality
- Papel Pampa Municipality
- Patacamaya Municipality
- Pelechuco Municipality
- Pucarani Municipality
- Puerto Acosta Municipality
- Puerto Carabuco Municipality
- Puerto Pérez Municipality
- Quiabaya Municipality
- Quime Municipality
- San Buenaventura Municipality, La Paz
- San Pedro de Curahuara Municipality
- San Pedro de Tiquina Municipality
- Santiago de Callapa Municipality
- Santiago de Machaca Municipality
- Sapahaqui Municipality
- Sica Sica Municipality
- Sorata Municipality
- Tacacoma Municipality
- Tiwanaku Municipality
- Tipuani Municipality
- Tito Yupanqui Municipality
- Umala Municipality
- Viacha Municipality
- Waldo Ballivián Municipality
- Yaco Municipality
- Yanacachi Municipality
Oruro[]
- Eucaliptus Municipality
- Huayllamarca Municipality
- Pazña Municipality
- Santiago de Huari Municipality
- Toledo Municipality
- Totora Municipality, Oruro
- Turco Municipality
- Poopó Municipality
Pando[]
- Bolpebra Municipality
- Porvenir Municipality
Potosí[]
- Atocha Municipality
- Betanzos Municipality
- Caiza "D" Municipality
- / Cochas Municipality
- Chayanta Municipality
- Chuquihuta Municipality / Chuquihuta Ayllu Jucumani
- Colcha "K" Municipality
- Colquechaca Municipality
- Llallagua Municipality
- Llica Municipality
- Mojinete Municipality
- Ocurí Municipality
- Porco Municipality
- Potosí Municipality
- Ravelo Municipality
- San Agustín Municipality
- San Antonio de Esmoruco Municipality
- San Pablo de Lípez Municipality
- San Pedro de Quemes Municipality
- Tahua Municipality
- Tinguipaya Municipality
- Tomave Municipality
- Tupiza Municipality
- Uncía Municipality
- Urmiri Municipality
- Uyuni Municipality
- Villazón Municipality
- Vitichi Municipality
- Yocalla Municipality
Santa Cruz[]
- / Porongo Municipality
- Charagua Municipality
- El Puente Municipality, Santa Cruz
- Pailón Municipality
- San Julián Municipality
- San Matías Municipality
- San Rafael Municipality, Santa Cruz
- / Santa Cruz de la Sierra Municipality
- Vallegrande Municipality / Valle Grande Municipality
Tarija[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Burki, Shahid Javed; Guillermo E. Perry; William R. Dillinger (1999-07-31), Beyond the center: Decentralizing the State, World Bank, p. 13
- ^ Córdova, Eduardo (2009). "Cochabamba es el centro es la ausencia: Impulsos estatales y sociales de la descentralización en Cochabamba (1994–2008)". Decursos: Revista de Ciencias Sociales. XI (20): 61–95 [68].
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jorge Castel, "10 nuevos municipios elegirán a sus autoridades en los comicios Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine," La Razón, 29 Marzo 2010.
- ^ www.bolivia.com
- ^ "Se crean dos nuevos municipios en La Paz". Los Tiempos. 2010-08-09. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ^ According to a definition where a majority identify with an indigenous people and speak an indigenous language, with a two-thirds majority meeting looser criteria. Albó, Xavier; Carlos Romero (April 2009). Autonomías Indígenas en la realidad boliviana y su nueva Constitución. La Paz: Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional. p. 22.
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