Pazña_Municipality
Pazña Municipality
Municipality in Oruro Department, Bolivia
Pazña Municipality is a municipality of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Pazña.[1]
Pazña Municipality
Pasña | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Coordinates: 18°30′S 66°53′W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Oruro Department |
| Province | Poopó Province |
| Cantons | 5: Pazña, Totoral, Peñas, Avicaya, and Urmiri |
| Incorporated (vice-canton) | 1904 |
| Incorporated (municipality) --> | 6 January 1961 |
| Seat | Pazña |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (interim) | Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños (2010) |
| • Council President | Martin Sabino Quispe Alarcón (2010) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | ~7,000 |
| • Ethnicities | Quechua (Tapacarí and Cóndor Apacheta ayllus) Urus |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
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.
The municipality used to be divided into five cantons.[1]
- Pazña Canton
- Totoral Canton
- Peñas Canton
- Avicaya Canton
- Urmiri Canton
The languages spoken in the Pazña Municipality are mainly Quechua, Spanish and Urus.[1]
- Alandia Atahuichy, Elsa (2011-01-06). "Bodas de Oro del Municipio de Pazña". La Patria. Oruro. Retrieved 2011-05-10.