Yamparáez is a province in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca . It is divided in two sections: first section with head in the town of Tarabuco, and the second section with its head in Yamparáez.
4-487: The province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons . The people are predominantly indigenous citizens of Quechuan descent. Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo The languages spoken in the province are mainly Quechua and Spanish. Ref.: obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo 19°10′01″S 64°58′01″W / 19.167°S 64.967°W / -19.167; -64.967 This Chuquisaca Department location article
8-506: 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 ). Of
12-413: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Bolivia 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
16-435: The municipalities are identical to the provinces they belong to. There are 340 municipalities. 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
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