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Mayor Of El Alto
El Alto Municipality or El Alto de La Paz Municipality is a municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is El Alto El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights") is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimat ..., the second-largest city in Bolivia. See also * Janq'u Quta * Laram Quta * Milluni Lake * Phaq'u Quta References www.ine.gov.bo / census 2001: El Alto Municipality External links Municipalities of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Bolivia
The flag of Bolivia is the national flag of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. It was originally adopted in 1851. The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolour (flag), tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Coat of Arms of Bolivia, Bolivian coat of arms in the center. According to one source, the red stands for Bolivia's brave soldiers, while the green symbolizes soil fertility, fertility and yellow the nation's mineral deposits. Since 2009 the Wiphala also holds the status of ''dual flag'' in the country. According to the revised Constitution of Bolivia of 2009, the Wiphala is considered a national symbol of Bolivia (along with the flag, national anthem, Coat of arms of Bolivia, coat of arms, the cockade; Cantua buxifolia, kantuta flower and patujú flower). Despite its landlocked status, Bolivia has a naval ensign used by navy vessels on rivers and lakes. It consists of a blue field with the state flag in the Flag terminology, canton bordered by nine small y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
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Departments Of Bolivia
Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments ( es, departamentos). 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 Former Departments By population Notes See also * ISO 3166-2:BO, the ISO codes for the departments of Bolivia. * Bolivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paz Department (Bolivia)
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises with a 2012 census population of 2,706,359 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with adjacent Peru. It contains the '' Cordillera Real'', which reaches altitudes of . Northeast of the Cordillera Real are the ''Yungas'', the steep eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains that make the transition to the Amazon River basin to the northeast. The capital of the department is the city of La Paz and is the administrative city and seat of government/national capital of Bolivia. Provinces The Department of La Paz is divided into 20 provinces (''provincias'') which are further subdivided into 85 municipalities (''municipios'') and - on the fourth level - into cantons. The provinces with their capitals are: Government The chief executive office of Bolivia's departments (since May 2010) is the Governor; before then, the office was called the Prefect, and until 2006 the prefect was appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Bolivia
A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces. The country's provinces are further divided into 337 municipalities which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council. List of provinces Beni Department Chuquisaca Department Cochabamba Department La Paz Department Oruro Department Pando Department Potosí Department Santa Cruz Department Tarija Department See also * Departments of Bolivia * Municipalities of Bolivia 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 ... Sources Instituto Nacional de Estadística - Bolivia(Spanish) {{Articles on second-level administrative divisions of South American countries Subd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
Pedro Domingo Murillo is a province in the Bolivian La Paz Department. It was created on January 8, 1838, with the name Cercado and on October 17, 1912, during the presidency of Eliodoro Villazón, its name was changed in honor of Pedro Domingo Murillo, protagonist of the revolution of June 16, 1809. The province contains the Bolivian administrative capital, La Paz, as well as the major city of El Alto. Geography The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Illimani, the highest peak of the range, lies in the province. Other mountains are listed below: Subdivision Pedro Domingo Murillo Province is divided into five municipalities. Places of interest Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are: Tourist guide by the government of the department [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Alto
El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights") is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimated population of 943,558 in 2020. It is also the highest major city in the world, with an average elevation of . The El Alto–La Paz metropolitan area, formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca, constitutes the most populous urban area of Bolivia, with a population of about 2.2 million. History The dry and inclement plain above La Paz was uninhabited until 1903 when the newly built railways from Lake Titicaca and Arica reached the rim of the canyon, where the La Paz terminus, railyards and depots were built along with a settlement of railway workers (a spur line down into the canyon opened in 1905). In 1925, the airfield was built as a base for the new air force, which attracted additional settlement. In 1939, El Alto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Bolivia
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. Local elections were held under the 1942 municipal code, which was in force until 1991. The 1985 Organic Law of Municipalities restored local elections for mayor and created a legislative body, the municipal council. 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 Law of Popular Participation the number of municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janq'u Quta (El Alto)
__NOTOC__ Janq'u Quta (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''quta'' lake, "white lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. It is situated south of the mountain Wayna Potosí and north-east of Milluni LakeBolivian IGM map 1:50,000 La Paz (Norte) 5944-I at a height of about 4,664 metres (15,302 ft). The little lake north-east of Janq'u Quta is named Pata Quta ''(Pata Khota)''. There is a smaller lake of the same name east of Janq'u Quta in the La Paz Municipality. See also * Chacaltaya Chacaltaya ( Mollo language for "''bridge of winds''" or "''winds meeting point''", Aymara for "cold road") is a mountain in the Cordillera Real, one of the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental, itself a range of the Bolivian Andes. Its ... * Laram Quta * Milluni Peak * Phaq'u Quta References Lakes of La Paz Department ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laram Quta (El Alto)
__NOTOC__ Laram Quta (Aymara ''larama'' blue, ''quta'' lake, "blue lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Laram Kkota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. (unnamed) It lies south of the mountain Chacaltaya, south-east of Milluni Lake, south-west of the Qillwani Lakes and north-west of Qillwani ''(Khelluani)''. Laram Quta is situated at a height of about 4,556 metres (14,948 ft), about 0,5 km long and 0,17 km at its widest point. Gallery File:La Paz57.jpg, Laram Quta in the middle and Phaq'u Quta in the background as seen from the north File:Chacaltaya rifugio altipiano.jpg, Laram Quta (the largest lake in the middle) as seen from Chacaltaya refuge See also * Janq'u Quta (El Alto) __NOTOC__ Janq'u Quta (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''quta'' lake, "white lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milluni Lake
__NOTOC__ Milluni (Aymara ''millu'' light brown, reddish, fair-haired, dark chestnut, ''-ni'' suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got a brown colour") is a lake on the western side of the Cordillera Real of Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality, north of El Alto. The lake is situated at a height of 4,565 metres (14,977 ft) south of the mountain Wayna Potosí, at the foot of Chacaltaya. It is about 1.83 km long and 1 km at its widest point. The surface is 2.37 km2 (0.92 sq mi).Sonia Isela Sacaca Cuellar, "Distribución de bacterias sulfato reductoras en sedimentos de lagunas y turbera de la cuenca Milluni Cordellera Real, La Paz-Bolivia", Tesis para optar al grado de licenciatura en Bioquímica, La Paz, Bolivia, 2009, p. 35 At the south side there is a dam. Milluni Lake is also called Milluni ''Grande'' (Spanish for big) in order to distinguish it from a smaller, half moon sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phaq'u Quta
__NOTOC__ Phaq'u Quta (Aymara ''phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu'' light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, ''quta'' lake, "chestnut coloured lake") is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El Alto Municipality. (unnamed) It is situated at a height of about 4,667 metres (15,312 ft) south of the mountain Chacaltaya, south-east of Milluni Lake and south-west of Qillwani ''(Khelluani)''. Gallery File:La Paz57.jpg, Phaq'u Quta (in the background on the right) as seen from the north File:Obsevatorio Astrofísico de Chacaltaya.JPG, Phaq'u Quta as seen from the Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory See also * Janq'u Quta (El Alto) __NOTOC__ Janq'u Quta (Aymara ''janq'u'' white, ''quta'' lake, "white lake", Hispanicized spelling ''Jankho Khota, Jankho Kkota, Janko Khota, Janko Kota'') is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, El ... * Laram Quta References Lakes of La Paz Departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
