Departments of Bolivia

Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments (Template:Langx). 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

Flag	Department	ISO 3166-2 code	Capital city	Largest city	Population (2024)	Area km2 (sq mi)	Density per km2 (sq mi)	Deputy seats
File:Flag of Beni Department, Bolivia.svg	Beni	B	Trinidad		Template:Nts			9
File:Flag of Chuquisaca.svg	Chuquisaca	H	Sucre		Template:Nts			11
File:Flag of Cochabamba.svg	Cochabamba	C	Cochabamba		Template:Nts			19
File:Bandera de La Paz.svg	La Paz	L	La Paz	El Alto	Template:Nts			29
File:Flag of Oruro.svg	Oruro	O	Oruro		Template:Nts			9
File:Flag of Pando.svg	Pando	N	Cobija		Template:Nts			5
File:Flag of Potosí.svg	Potosí	P	Potosí		Template:Nts			14
File:Flag of Santa Cruz.svg	Santa Cruz	S	Santa Cruz de la Sierra		Template:Nts			25
File:Flag of Tarija.svg	Tarija	T	Tarija		Template:Nts			9

Former Departments

Flag	Department	Capital city	Largest city	Population	Area km2 (sq mi)	Fate
File:Bandera del Litoral, Bolivia.png	Litoral Department	Antofagasta		Template:Nts (1879)		Incorporated into Chile

By population

Department	2024	2012	2001	1992	1976	1950	1900	1882	1854	1845	1835	1831
Beni	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	N/ATemplate:Efn
Chuquisaca	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Cochabamba	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
La Paz	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Litoral	N/ATemplate:Efn								Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Oruro	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Pando	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	N/ATemplate:Efn
Potosí	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Santa Cruz	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Tarija	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Other	N/A						Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	N/A		Template:Nts

See also

• ISO 3166-2:BO, the ISO codes for the departments of Bolivia.
• Bolivian autonomy referendums, 2008
• List of Bolivian departments by Human Development Index

External links

• National Bolivian Institute of Statistics