Pedro Domingo Murillo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It contains the Bolivian administrative capital, La Paz, as well as the major city of El Alto. Province is a name for a subnational entity. ... Bolivia is divided into nine departments (Spanish: departamentos). ... The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises 113,985 km² with a 2001 census population of 2,350,466 inhabitants. ... La Paz, Bolivia Central La Paz Panoramic sight of the city of La Paz La Paz or Chuquiyapu (chuqui, gold, yapu, farm) is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department. ... The city of El Alto (Spanish for The High) is a suburb of La Paz, Bolivia. ...