Pazña Municipality is a
municipality of the
Poopó Province in the
Oruro Department,
Bolivia
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. Its capital is
Pazña.
Government
Municipal governments in Bolivia are divided into
executive and
legislative branches. The Mayor of Pazña is the head of the city government, elected by general election for a term of five years. The Municipal Council is the legislative branch.
The current mayor of Pazña is Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños of the
National Unity Front, who took office in June 2010 following the resignation of Víctor Centeno (of the
Movement for Socialism
The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for ...
). A new mayor will be selected in a special election expected to be held in 2011.
Subdivision
The municipality used to be divided into five
cantons.
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Pazña Canton
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Totoral Canton
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Peñas Canton
Peñas is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia
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Avicaya Canton
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Urmiri Canton
Languages
The languages spoken in the Pazña Municipality are mainly
Quechua,
Spanish and
Urus.
Climate
References
External links
Map of the Poopó Province
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Municipalities of Oruro Department