Pazña Municipality Explained

Official Name:Pazña Municipality
Native Name:Pasña
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the Pazña Municipality within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Oruro Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Poopó Province
Subdivision Type4:Cantons
Subdivision Name4:5: Pazña, Totoral, Peñas, Avicaya, and Urmiri
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Pazña
Leader Title:Mayor (interim)
Leader Name:Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños (2010)
Leader Title1:Council President
Leader Name1:Martin Sabino Quispe Alarcón (2010)
Established Title2:Incorporated (vice-canton)
Established Date2:1904
Established Title3:Incorporated (municipality) -->
Established Date3:6 January 1961
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:~7,000
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank1:Quechua (Tapacarí and Cóndor Apacheta ayllus), Urus
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-18.5°N -119°W

Pazña Municipality is a municipality of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Pazña.[1]

Government

Municipal governments in Bolivia are divided into executive and legislative branches. The Mayor of Pazña is the head of the city government, elected by general election for a term of five years. The Municipal Council is the legislative branch.

The current mayor of Pazña is Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños of the National Unity Front, who took office in June 2010 following the resignation of Víctor Centeno (of the Movement for Socialism). A new mayor will be selected in a special election expected to be held in 2011.

Subdivision

The municipality used to be divided into five cantons.

Languages

The languages spoken in the Pazña Municipality are mainly Quechua, Spanish and Urus.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Alandia Atahuichy . Elsa . Bodas de Oro del Municipio de Pazña . La Patria . Oruro . 2011-05-10 . 2011-01-06 .