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La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara: Chuqiyapu or Chuqi Yapu), is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bolivia .
La Paz is located on the Baja California peninsula on the Bay of La Paz, 210 kilometres (130 mi) south of Ciudad Constitución, municipality of Comondú, and 202 kilometres (126 mi) north of Cabo San Lucas, municipality of Los Cabos. It is located 81 kilometres (50 mi) north of the town of Todos Santos. Its geographical coordinates are 24°08 ...
Year Event 1548 The city of La Paz was founded by Spanish settlers on the pre- existing site of Choqueyapu, an ancient Aymara village. It was founded as Nuestra Senora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) by Alonso de Mendoza, commissioned by Pedro de la Gasca, to commemorate the "pacification" of Peru.
La Paz had a population of 1,500 and was a stage stop between Fort Whipple, Arizona and San Bernardino, California. [6] The town was the county seat of Yuma County from 1864 to 1870, and as the largest town in the territory in 1863 was considered for the Arizona territorial capital.
La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈpas]) is the capital city of the La Paz Department of Honduras. The town, founded in 1792, [ citation needed ] has a population of 32,450 (2023 est.). [ 2 ]
La Paz is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Its area of 20,275 km 2 (7,828 sq mi) makes it the municipality in Mexico with the fourth-largest area. [ 1 ] It had a population of 290,286 inhabitants in the 2015 census. [ 2 ]
La Paz, a railroad car; La Paz (band), a Scottish rock band; La Paz (crater), a crater on Mars; La Paz F.C., a professional football club from La Paz, Bolivia; La Paz incident, during the American Civil War; La Paz Cigars, a brand of cigars made by Swedish Match
La Paz is a municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico, with its municipal seat in the town of Los Reyes Acaquilpan. It is located on the dividing line between Mexico State and the eastern edge of the Federal District and is part of the Greater Mexico City area.