Editing Bolivia (section)

=== Administrative divisions ===
{{Main|Departments of Bolivia|Provinces of Bolivia|Municipalities of Bolivia|Native Community Lands}}
[[File:La Paz a Illimani - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|Mount [[Illimani]] overlooking La Paz, the capital city of the [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz Department]] and the seat of government of Bolivia]]
Bolivia has nine departments—[[Pando Department|Pando]], [[La Paz Department (Bolivia)|La Paz]], [[Beni Department|Beni]], [[Oruro Department|Oruro]], [[Cochabamba Department|Cochabamba]], [[Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)|Santa Cruz]], [[Potosí Department|Potosí]], [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]], [[Tarija Department|Tarija]].

According to what is established by the Bolivian Political Constitution, the Law of Autonomies and Decentralization regulates the procedure for the elaboration of Statutes of Autonomy, the transfer and distribution of direct competences between the central government and the autonomous entities.<ref>Political Constitution of Bolivia, Article 271</ref>

There are four levels of decentralization: 1) Departmental government is constituted by the ''Departmental Assembly'', with rights over the legislation of the department. The department governor is chosen by universal suffrage. 2) Municipal government is constituted by a ''Municipal Council'' which is responsible for legislation of the municipality. The municipality's mayor is chosen by universal suffrage. 3) Regional government is formed by several provinces or municipalities of geographical continuity within a department. It is constituted by a ''Regional Assembly''. 4) Original indigenous government is constituted by [[self-governance]] of original indigenous people on the ancient territories where they live.

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! No. || Department || Capital ||
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| 1 || [[Pando Department|Pando]] || [[Cobija]] || rowspan="9" |[[File:Bolivia, administrative divisions - Nmbrs - colored.svg|thumb|upright=1.15|Territorial division of Bolivia]]
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| 2 || [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz]] || [[La Paz]]
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| 3 || [[Beni Department|Beni]] || [[Trinidad, Bolivia|Trinidad]]
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| 4 || [[Oruro Department|Oruro]] || [[Oruro, Bolivia|Oruro]]
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| 5 || [[Cochabamba Department|Cochabamba]] || [[Cochabamba]]
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| 6 || [[Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)|Santa Cruz]] || [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]]
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| 7 || [[Potosí Department|Potosí]] || [[Potosí]]
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| 8 || [[Chuquisaca Department|Chuquisaca]] || [[Sucre]]
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| 9 || [[Tarija Department|Tarija]] || [[Tarija, Bolivia|Tarija]]
|}
[[File:Esto es BOlIVIA.jpg|thumb|El Palmar Nature Preserve, in northern Chuquisaca]]
While Bolivia's administrative divisions have similar status under governmental jurisprudence, each department varies in quantitative and qualitative factors. Generally speaking, Departments can be grouped either by geography or by political-cultural orientation. For example, Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando make up the low-lying "Camba" heartlands of the Amazon, Moxos and Chiquitanía. When considering political orientation, Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija are generally grouped for regionalist autonomy movements; this region is known as the "Media Luna". Conversely, La Paz, Oruro, Potosí, Cochabamba have been traditionally associated with Andean politics and culture. Today, Chuquisaca vacillates between the Andean cultural bloc and the Camba bloc.{{citation needed|reason=political-cultural orientations require a reliable source|date=September 2023}}