Pedro Domingo Murillo is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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 Eliodoro Villazón Montaño (22 January 1848 – 12 September 1939) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 27th president of Bolivia from 1909 to 1913 and as the 15th vice president of Bolivia from 1904 to 1909. Early life Vill ...

, 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 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 ...

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the province.

Illimani Illimani (Aymara) is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real (part of the Cordillera Oriental, a subrange of the Andes) of western Bolivia. It lies near the cities of El Alto and La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the sec ...

, 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 A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo
Tourist guide by the government of the department * In the La Paz Municipality: ** Wayna Potosí, a mountain about 15 km north west of La Paz ** Qutapata National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area ** ''La Cumbre'' at a height of 4,650 m above sea level, the highest point on the route between La Paz and the Yungas ** K'ili K'ili viewpoint which presents a panoramic view of the city of La Paz ** Muela del Diablo ("devil' tooth"), a giant rock of about 150 m height that has the shape of a tooth ** Valle de la Luna ("moon valley"), south of La Paz city ** La Paz zoo "Vesty Pakos Sofra" with an area of 22.4 ha, the largest zoo in Bolivia, the second largest in South America and the highest in the world. **

Inkachaka Dam __NOTOC__ Inkachaka Dam ( Aymara and Quechua, ''inka'' Inca, ''chaka'' bridge, "Inca bridge") is a dam in Bolivia situated in the La Paz Department, Pedro Domingo Murillo Province, La Paz Municipality, north east of La Paz.Illimani Illimani (Aymara) is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Real (part of the Cordillera Oriental, a subrange of the Andes) of western Bolivia. It lies near the cities of El Alto and La Paz at the eastern edge of the Altiplano. It is the sec ...

** ''Valle de los Ánimas'' ("valley of the souls") and its lake (''Laguna de las Ánimas'') in the Palca Canton ** the town of Palca with houses of colonial times, Palca River, Chuaqueri gorge, also known as Palca gorge, and Takesi pre-Columbian trail in the Palca Canton ** the communities of Quilihuaya and Pinaya in the Quilihuaya Canton ** the community of Cohoni, its church dating from the 17th century and the ''

chullpa A ''chullpa'' is an ancient Aymara funerary tower originally constructed for a noble person or noble family. ''Chullpas'' are found across the Altiplano in Peru and Bolivia. The tallest are about high. The tombs at Sillustani are most famou ...

'' of Ch'ullu Cahinbaya in the Cohoni Canton

References

Provinces of La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{LaPazBO-geo-stub

Geography

Subdivision

Places of interest

See also

References