La Paz Municipality, Bolivia Explained

Official Name:La Paz Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the La Paz Municipality within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:La Paz Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Pedro Domingo Murillo Province
Seat Type:Seat
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Iván Arias
Established Title:Foundation
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:1973
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:793293
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-15.95°N -67.8333°W
Elevation M:3600
Website:http://www.lapaz.bo/

La Paz Municipality is the capital municipality (sección municipal capital) and one of the five municipalities of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is La Paz.

Geography

The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the municipality are listed below:[1] [2]

Places of interest

Some of the tourist attractions of the municipality are:[3]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. IGM map 1:50,000 5944-I La Paz (Norte) and 5945-II Milluni
  2. Bolivian IGM map 1:100,000 Chulumani 3338
  3. http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo:8001/simit/sistema/ficha_turistica/iframelapaz.php www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo