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Municipalities in Bolivia (Spanish: municipios) 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. There are 340 municipalities.

Contents

History of governance
List of municipalities
- Beni
- Cochabamba
- Chuquisaca
- La Paz
- Oruro
- Pando
- Potosí
- Santa Cruz
- Tarija
See also

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 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), to 339 (as of August 2010^[update]). Of the 327 municipalities existing after 2005, 187 are inhabited by a mainly indigenous population; 184 of these are located in the five Andean departments, with the remaining three in Santa Cruz department. New municipalities must have at least 10,000 residents, or 5,000 in the case of border areas.

List of municipalities

Bolivia municipalities

Municipalities of Bolivia

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

Chuquisaca

Azurduy Municipality
Camargo Municipality, Chuquisaca
Culpina Municipality
El Villar Municipality
Huacareta Municipality
Huacaya Municipality
Icla Municipality
Incahuasi Municipality
Mojocoya Municipality
Camataqui Municipality
Las Carreras Municipality
Macharetí Municipality
Monteagudo Municipality
Padilla Municipality
Poroma Municipality
Presto Municipality
San Lucas Municipality
Sopachuy Municipality
Sucre Municipality, Bolivia
Tarabuco Municipality
Tomina Municipality
Villa Alcalá Municipality
Villa Charcas Municipality
Villa Serrano Municipality
Villa Vaca Guzmán Municipality
Villa Zudañez Municipality
Tarvita Municipality
Yotala Municipality
Yamparáez Municipality

La Paz

Oruro

Pando

Bella Flor Municipality
Bolpebra Municipality
Cobija Municipality
Filadelfia Municipality
Ingavi Municipality
Nueva Esperanza Municipality
Porvenir Municipality
Puerto Gonzalo Moreno Municipality
Puerto Rico Municipality
San Lorenzo Municipality, Pando
San Pedro Municipality, Pando
Santa Rosa del Abuná Municipality
Santos Mercado Municipality
Sena Municipality
Villa Nueva Municipality

Potosí

Santa Cruz

Ascensión de Guarayos Municipality
Ayacucho Municipality, Santa Cruz / Porongo Municipality
Boyuibe Municipality
Buena Vista Municipality
Cabezas Municipality
Camiri Municipality
Charagua Municipality
Comarapa Municipality
Concepción Municipality
Cotoca Municipality
Cuevo Municipality
El Puente Municipality, Santa Cruz
El Torno Municipality
General Saavedra Municipality
Gutiérrez Municipality
La Guardia Municipality
Lagunillas Municipality, Santa Cruz
Mairana Municipality
Mineros Municipality
Montero Municipality
Moro Moro Municipality
Okinawa Municipality
Pailón Municipality
Pampa Grande Municipality
Portachuelo Municipality
Postrer Valle Municipality
Pucara Municipality
Puerto Quijarro Municipality
Puerto Suarez Municipality
Quirusillas Municipality
Roboré Municipality
Saipina Municipality
Samaipata Municipality
San Antonio del Lomerío Municipality
San Carlos Municipality, Santa Cruz
San Ignacio Municipality, Santa Cruz
San Javier Municipality, Santa Cruz
San José Municipality
San Julián Municipality
San Matías Municipality
San Miguel Municipality
San Rafael Municipality, Santa Cruz
San Ramón Municipality, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Municipality
Santa Rosa del Sara Municipality
Trigal Municipality
Urubichá Municipality
Vallegrande Municipality / Valle Grande Municipality
Warnes Municipality
Yapacaní Municipality

Tarija

Bermejo Municipality
Caraparí Municipality
El Puente Municipality, Tarija
Entre Ríos Municipality, Tarija
Padcaya Municipality
San Lorenzo Municipality, Tarija
Tarija Municipality
Uriondo Municipality
Villamontes Municipality
Yacuiba Municipality
Yunchará Municipality

See also

In Spanish: Municipios de Bolivia para niños

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