Los Andes is one of the twenty provinces in the central parts of the Bolivian La Paz Department.

The province was legally founded on November 24, 1917, during the presidency of José Gutiérrez Guerra.

Pucarani is situated in the Altiplano west of the Cordillera Real offering a view of some of its highest mountains such as Ch'iyar Juqhu, Chachakumani, Kunturiri, Wayna Potosí and Chacaltaya.

Suriki Island is known for the construction of balsas, totora boats which are still used on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru.

The Ra II is famous for Thor Heyerdahl's successful trans-Atlantic voyage from Morocco to Barbados.