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La Paz is an eastern department of Mendoza Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 9,500 inhabitants in an area of 7,105 km 2 (2,743 sq mi), and its capital city is La Paz .
La Paz is a department in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, headquartered in the town of the same name, located 145 km (90 mi) from the provincial capital. It limits to the north with the Lavalle department, to the south with San Rafael , to the west with Santa Rosa and to the east with the province of San Luis.
La Paz was founded on 20 October 1548, by the Spanish conquistador Captain Alonso de Mendoza, at the site of the Inca settlement of Laja as a connecting point between the commercial routes that led from Potosí and Oruro to Lima; the full name of the city was originally Nuestra Señora de La Paz (meaning Our Lady of Peace) in commemoration of ...
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 ...
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Location of the municipality and town of La Paz in the Santander Department of Colombia. Coordinates: 6°10′41″N 73°35′22″W / 6.17806°N 73.58944°W / 6.17806; -73 Country
La Paz is a city in the province of Entre Ríos in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 24,000 inhabitants as per the 2010 census , and is the head town of the department of the same name. The city lies in the north-west of the province, on the left-hand (eastern) shore of the Paraná River. It was already settled in the 18th century as a ...
Copacabana Municipality is the first municipal section of the Manco Kapac Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Copacabana. Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) and Chelleca island are situated within the municipality.