Provinces of Bolivia

I added two columns to the main table. For an explanation of NUTE codes, see the Departments of Bolivia page. I looked up the capitals of provinces in several places, but mainly the Ethnia  website.

Bolivia is divided into departments, which are subdivided into provinces. The table below shows the 112 provinces of Bolivia. This Atlas  has clickable maps showing departments and provinces.

ProvinceHASCNUTEPopulationCapital
Abel IturraldeBO.LP.AI1010202511,828Ixiamas
AbunáBO.PA.AB102091112,996Santa Rosa del Abuná
Alonso de IbáñezBO.PO.AI1010506927,755Sacaca
Andrés IbáñezBO.SC.AI102070851,260,549Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Ángel SandovalBO.SC.AS1020709613,073San Matias
Aniceto ArceBO.TR.AA1030608052,570Padcaya
Antonio QuijarroBO.PO.AQ1010507437,428Uyuni
AraniBO.CB.AR1030303524,053Arani
AromaBO.LP.AR1010202386,480Villa Aroma
ArqueBO.CB.AQ1030303623,464Arque
AtahuallpaBO.OR.AT101040557,114Sabaya
AyopayaBO.CB.AY1030303360,959Independencia
Bautista SaavedraBO.LP.BS1010202611,475Villa General Perez
Belisario BoetoBO.CQ.BB1030100812,277Villa Serrano
Bernardino BilbaoBO.PO.GB1010507510,623Arampampa
Burnet O'ConnorBO.TR.OC1030608419,339Entre Rios
CapinotaBO.CB.CP1030303725,582Capinota
CaranaviBO.LP.CR1010203051,153Caranavi
CarangasBO.OR.CR1010404910,505Corque
CarrascoBO.CB.CR10303042116,205Totora
CercadoBO.CB.CE10303031517,024Cochabamba
CercadoBO.EB.CE1020810082,653Trinidad de Mojos
CercadoBO.OR.CE10104047241,230Oruro
CercadoBO.TR.CE10306079153,457Tarija
ChapareBO.CB.CH10303040187,358Sacaba
CharcasBO.PO.CR1010506738,174San Pedro
ChayantaBO.PO.CY1010506690,205Colquechaqua
ChiquitosBO.SC.CQ1020708959,754San Jose
CordilleraBO.SC.CR10207091101,733Lagunillas
Cornelio SaavedraBO.PO.CS1010506558,706Betanzos
Daniel CamposBO.PO.DC101050765,067Llica
Eduardo AvaroaBO.OR.AV1010404827,675Challapata
Eliodoro CamachoBO.LP.CM1010201457,745Puerto Acosta
Enrique BaldiviesoBO.PO.EV101050781,640San Agustin
Esteban ArceBO.CB.EA1030303431,997Tarata
Eustaquio MéndezBO.TR.MD1030608332,038San Lorenzo
Federico RománBO.PA.GR102091122,242Nueva Esperanza
FloridaBO.SC.FL1020709327,447Samaipata
Franz TamayoBO.LP.FT1010201718,386Apolo
Germán BuschBO.SC.GB1020709833,006Puerto Suarez
Germán JordánBO.CB.GJ1030303831,768Cliza
Gran ChacoBO.TR.GC10306081116,318Yacuiba
Gualberto VillarroelBO.LP.GV1010202815,975San Pedro de Curahuara
GuarayosBO.SC.GR1020709931,577Ascencion de Guarayos
Hernando SilesBO.CQ.HS1030100536,511Monteagudo
IchiloBO.SC.IC1020708870,444Buena Vista
Ignacio WarnesBO.SC.WR1020708653,231Warnes
IngaviBO.LP.IG1010201895,906Viacha
InquisiviBO.LP.IQ1010202059,495Inquisivi
IténezBO.EB.IT1020810718,878Magdalena
Jaime ZudáñezBO.CQ.ZU1030100333,482Villa Zudañez
José BalliviánBO.EB.GB1020810268,174Reyes
José Manuel PandoBO.LP.GP101020296,137Santiago de Machaca
José María AvilésBO.TR.AV1030608217,504Uriondo
José María LinaresBO.PO.JL1010507351,412Puna
José Miguel de VelascoBO.SC.VL1020708756,702San Ignacio
Juana Azurduay de PadillaBO.CQ.AZ1030100226,515Azurduy
Ladislao CabreraBO.OR.LC1010405411,698Salinas de G M
LarecajaBO.LP.LR1010201668,026Sorata
LitoralBO.OR.LT101040514,555Huachacalla
LoayzaBO.LP.LZ1010201943,731Luribay
Los AndesBO.LP.LA1010202269,636Pucarani
Luis CalvoBO.CQ.LC1030101020,479Villa Vittorio Guzman
Madre de DiosBO.PA.MD102091109,521Puerto G M
MamoréBO.EB.MM1020810612,397San Joaquin
Manco KapacBO.LP.MK1010202722,892Copacabana
Manuel María CaballeroBO.SC.MC1020709720,010Comarapa
ManuripiBO.PA.MN102091098,230Puerto Rico
MarbánBO.EB.MR1020810514,454Loreto
MizqueBO.CB.MZ1030304336,181Mizque
Modesto OmisteBO.PO.MO1010507736,266Villazon
MoxosBO.EB.MX1020810421,643San Ignacio
MuñecasBO.LP.MN1010201525,163Chuma
Narciso CamperoBO.CB.CM1030303237,011Aiquile
Nicolás SuárezBO.PA.NS1020910829,536Cobija
Nor CarangasBO.OR.NC101040625,790Huayllamarca
Nor ChichasBO.PO.NC1010506835,323Cotagaita
Nor CintiBO.CQ.NC1030100769,512Camargo
Nor LípezBO.PO.NL1010507110,460Colcha
Nor YungasBO.LP.NY1010202423,681Coroico
Ñuflo de ChávezBO.SC.NC1020709593,997Concepción
Obispo SantistevanBO.SC.OS10207094142,786Montero
OmasuyosBO.LP.OM1010201285,702Achacachi
OropezaBO.CQ.OR10301001241,376Sucre
PacajesBO.LP.PC1010201349,183Corocoro
Pantaleón DalenceBO.OR.PD1010405323,608Huanuni
Pedro Domingo MurilloBO.LP.MR101020111,484,328Palca
PoopóBO.OR.PP1010405214,984Poopó
Puerto de MejillonesBO.OR.MJ101040611,130La Rivera
PunataBO.CB.PN1030304447,735Punata
QuillacolloBO.CB.QC10303039246,803Quillacollo
Rafael BustilloBO.PO.RB1010506476,254Uncia
SajamaBO.OR.SJ101040509,096Ciudad de Carangas
San Pedro de TotoraBO.OR.ST101040594,941Totora
SaraBO.SC.SG1020709037,733Portachuelo
SaucaríBO.OR.SA101040567,763Toledo
Sebastián PagadorBO.OR.SP1010406010,221Santiago de H
Simón BolívarBO.CB.BV103030458,635Bolívar
Sud CarangasBO.OR.SC101040586,136Andamarca
Sud ChichasBO.PO.SC1010507047,873Tupini
Sud CintiBO.CQ.SC1030100924,321Camataqui
Sud LípezBO.PO.SL101050724,905San Pablo de Lípez
Sud YungasBO.LP.SY1010202163,544Chulumani
TapacaríBO.CB.TP1030304125,919Tapacarí
TiraqueBO.CB.TR1030304635,017Tiraque
Tomás BarrónBO.OR.TB101040575,424Eucaliptus
Tomás FríasBO.PO.TF10105063176,922Potosi
TominaBO.CQ.TM1030100437,482Padilla
Vaca DíezBO.EB.VD10208101116,421Riberalta
VallegrandeBO.SC.VG1020709227,429Vallegrande
YacumaBO.EB.YC1020810327,901Santa Ana
YamparáezBO.CQ.YM1030100629,567Tarabuco

Change history:

Since 1985, these changes have occurred: Caranavi split from Nor Yungas, Enrique Baldivieso split from Nor Lípez, Germán Busch split from Chiquitos, Guarayos split from Ñuflo de Chávez, José Manuel Pando split from Pacajes, Nor Carangas split from Carangas, Puerto de Mejillones split from Atahuallpa, Sebastián Pagador split from Eduardo Avaroa, Simón Bolívar split from Arque, and Tiraque split from Arani. Minor border adjustments have also been made to some provinces. I arrived at these conclusions by comparing the modern provinces to a map in "Atlas de Bolivia", Ediciones Geomundo, Barcelona, Spain 1985.

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Aniceto Arce: Arce (variant)
  2. Bernardino Bilbao: General Bilbao (variant)
  3. Burnet O'Connor: O'Connor (variant)
  4. Carrasco: Totora (obsolete)
  5. Eduardo Avaroa: Avaroa (variant)
  6. Eliodoro Camacho: Camacho (variant)
  7. Enrique Baldivieso: Enrique Valdivieso (variant)
  8. Esteban Arce: Tarata (obsolete)
  9. Eustaquio Méndez: Méndez (variant)
  10. Federico Román: General Federico Román (variant)
  11. Germán Jordán: Cliza (obsolete)
  12. Ignacio Warnes: Warnes (variant)
  13. Jaime Zudáñez: Zudañez (variant)
  14. José Ballivián: General José Ballivian (variant)
  15. José Manuel Pando: General J. M. Pando (variant)
  16. José María Avilés: Aviléz (variant)
  17. José Miguel de Velasco: Velasco (variant)
  18. Juana Azurduay de Padilla: Azurduy (variant)
  19. Moxos: Mojos (variant)
  20. Narciso Campero: Campero (variant)
  21. Obispo Santistevan: Obispo Santiesteban, Obispo Santiestevan (variant)
  22. Pedro Domingo Murillo: Murillo (variant)
  23. Puerto de Mejillones: Mejillones (variant)
  24. Sara: Sara (Gutierrez), Sarah (variant)
  25. Simón Bolívar: Bolívar (variant)
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