La Paz Department

department of Bolivia
AdministrativeArea department_of_bolivia Q272784
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La Paz Department

Summary

La Paz Department is a department of Bolivia[1]. It draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_bolivia category, ranking #3 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • La Paz Department is located in Bolivia[3].
  • La Paz Department is in the country of Bolivia[4].
  • La Paz Department's head of government is recorded as Santos Quispe[5].
  • La Paz Department's instance of is recorded as department of Bolivia[6].
  • La Paz Department's capital is recorded as La Paz[7].
  • La Paz Department's official language is recorded as Spanish[8].
  • La Paz Department's official language is recorded as Quechua[9].
  • La Paz Department's official language is recorded as Aymara[10].
  • La Paz Department's shares border with is recorded as Pando Department[11].
  • La Paz Department's shares border with is recorded as Beni Department[12].
  • La Paz Department's shares border with is recorded as Cochabamba Department[13].
  • La Paz Department's shares border with is recorded as Oruro Department[14].
  • La Paz Department's shares border with is recorded as Arica y Parinacota Region[15].
  • La Paz Department's shares border with is recorded as Tacna Department[16].
  • La Paz Department's shares border with is recorded as Puno Department[17].
  • La Paz Department's shares border with is recorded as Madre de Dios Department[18].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Abel Iturralde Province[19].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Aroma Province[20].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bautista Saavedra Province[21].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Caranavi Province[22].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Eliodoro Camacho Province[23].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Franz Tamayo Province[24].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Gualberto Villarroel Province[25].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Ingavi Province[26].
  • La Paz Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Inquisivi Province[27].

Body

Geography

La Paz Department is in the country of Bolivia[4]. It is located in Bolivia[3]. It is part of Altiplano[28].

Physical Characteristics

La Paz Department covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+133985.0'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2719344'}[30] and {'amount': '+3022566'}[31].

Designation and Status

La Paz Department's instance of is recorded as department of Bolivia[6].

Why It Matters

La Paz Department draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_bolivia category, ranking #3 of 10).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . censo.ine.gob.bo. censo.ine.gob.bo. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Carwil · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity Abel Iturralde Province, Aroma Province, Bautista Saavedra Province +17
    Language used South Bolivian Quechua, Kallawaya, Toromono +9
    Aliases
    Shares border with Pando Department, Beni Department, Cochabamba Department +5
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31060|batch #31060]]: Remove population data from Bolivian provinces (unsourced); departments (to make way for update from sam"
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