Chuma | |
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Coordinates: 15°29′S68°49′W / 15.483°S 68.817°W Coordinates: 15°29′S68°49′W / 15.483°S 68.817°W | |
Country | |
Department | La Paz Department |
Province | Muñecas Province |
Municipality | Chuma Municipality |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 392 |
Time zone | -4 (UTC-4) |
Chuma is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Chuma Municipality, the first municipal section of the Muñecas Province and of the province.
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales a mostly flat region in the east of Bolivia.
Chuma Municipality is the first municipal section of the Muñecas Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Chuma.
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.
Potosí is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 823,517 inhabitants. The capital is the city of Potosí. It is mostly a barren, mountainous region with one large plateau to the west, where the largest salt flat in the world, Salar de Uyuni, is located.
Caranavi Province is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department and is situated in the department's eastern parts. The province was created by Law 1401 on 16 December 1992 from a portion of what was then Nor Yungas Province. The creation of the province had been a local cause embraced by Ramiro Revuelta, a Deputy in the national legislature who was assassinated on November 28, 1992.
Inquisivi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. During the presidency of José Ballivián it was created on November 2, 1844. The capital of the province is Inquisivi.
José Manuel Pando is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It was founded on April 22, 1986 during the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro. The province was named after José Manuel Pando (1848-1917) who was the president of Bolivia from 1899 till 1904. Its capital is Santiago de Machaca.
Muñecas is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. Its capital is Chuma.
Omasuyos or Uma Suyu is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its capital is Achacachi.
A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Republic of Bolivia.
Sicaya or Silaya is a locality in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Sicaya Municipality, the third municipal section of the Capinota Province.
Irupana is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Irupana Municipality, the second municipal section of the Sud Yungas Province.
Licoma is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Licoma Pampa Municipality, the sixth municipal section of the Inquisivi Province.
Luribay is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Luribay Municipality, the first municipal section of the José Ramón Loayza Province, and of the province.
Palca, Bolivia is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Palca Municipality, the first municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province.
Pucarani is a small town in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pucarani Municipality, the first municipal section of the Los Andes Province and of the province.
Santiago de Machaca is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Santiago de Machaca Municipality, the first municipal section of the José Manuel Pando Province, and it is also the seat of the province.
Vinto is a town in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Vinto Municipality, the fourth municipal section of the Quillacollo Province.
Quri Ch'uma, also named Inmaculado, is a mountain in the Kimsa Cruz mountain range in the Bolivian Andes, about 5,312 metres (17,428 ft) high. It is situated in the La Paz Department, at the border of the Inquisivi Province, Quime Municipality, and the Loayza Province, Cairoma Municipality and Malla Municipality. Quri Ch'uma lies south of Salvador Apachita and northwest of Yaypuri.
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