Bolivia is in form a centralized republic and has the usual three branches. The President, who with two Vice Presidents is elected for four years, and is ineligible for a consecutive term, exercises almost absolute authority, although Congress meets annually on the sixth of August. The President’s Cabinet is composed of six Ministers: of Foreign Relations and Worship, Interior and Justice, Treasury, Promotion (Internal Improvements), Public Instruction and Agriculture, and War and Colonization. The Senate has 16 members, the Chamber of Deputies 72. The administrators of the Departments and of the 63 Provinces, the Prefects and the Sub-prefects respectively, are appointed by the President. Municipal Councils regulate the local affairs of the cities. Suffrage is enjoyed by male citizens over 21 (not domestics) who can read and write, who have a fixed income of 200 bolivians, and whose names are registered. The Supreme Court alone of the three branches of government is located at the nominal capital Sucre. The Judiciary has a Supreme Court with seven Judges, a Superior Court in each Department, and Provincial and Parochial Courts. The Republic comprises eight Departments and three Territories as follows: ---------------------+---------+----------+-------------+----------+--------- DEPARTMENTS | AREA, |POPULATION| CAPITALS |POPULATION|ALTITUDE, |in square| | | | in | miles | | | | feet ---------------------+---------+----------+-------------+----------+--------- La Paz | 73,000| 734,000| La Paz | 107,000 | 12,005 Oruro | 27,000| 137,000| Oruro | 31,000 | 12,178 Potosí | 57,000| 515,000| Potosí | 30,000 | 13,251 Cochabamba | 36,000| 512,600| Cochabamba | 35,000 | 8,387 Chuquisaca | 37,000| 320,000| Sucre | 30,000 | 9,328 Tarija | 31,000| 160,000| Tarija | 11,600 | 6,248 Santa Cruz | 140,000| 327,000| Santa Cruz | 25,000 | 1,450 El Beni | 95,000| 50,000| Trinidad | 6,000 | 774 | | | | | TERRITORIES | | | | | Colonias del Noroeste| 81,000| 50,000| Riberalta | 3,200 | Colonias del Gran | | | | | Chaco | 60,000| 23,000| Villa Montes| 970 | Delegación Nacional | | | | | en el Oriente | | |Puerto Suarez| | ---------------------+---------+----------+-------------+----------+--------- POPULATION