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La Paz (pronounced [la ˈpas] ⓘ, English: "peace") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, with a 2020 census population of 250,141 inhabitants, [1] making it the most populous city in the state.
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] Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.
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, Bolivia Quito, Ecuador Bogotá, Colombia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Thimphu, Bhutan Asmara, Eritrea Sana'a, Yemen Mexico City, Mexico Tehran, Iran Kabul, Afghanistan Nairobi, Kenya Kathmandu, Nepal. This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities ...
La Paz becomes de facto Bolivia's new administrative capital and the seat of the government, thus starting the process of development into the large city it is today. 1900 Construction began on the international railroad network linking La Paz to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, thus solidifying the future role of La Paz as a primate city. At ...
La Oroya Peru: 3745 12287 12 Oruro Bolivia: 3706 12158 13 Huancavelica Peru: 3676 12060 14 La Paz Bolivia: 3690 11975 Highest capital in the world 15 Sicuani Peru: 3548 11640 16 Apartaderos Venezuela: 3505 11502 Highest town in Venezuela. 3,360 m. according to Google Maps. 17 Cusco Peru: 3399 11151 18 Vetas Colombia: 3350 10990
La Paz (administrative) Bolivia: South America: La Paz is the highest administrative capital (3,650 m) in the world, higher than Quito. [5] Sucre (constitutional) Laayoune (declared) Western Sahara: Africa: De facto independent state contested by both the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), and Morocco.
It is located in the capital of La Paz, two blocks east of the Prado. [3] Operated by the National Institute of Archaeology, a specialized agency of the Deputy Minister of Culture, it is said to be the most prominent museum in Bolivia. [4] The museum represents the cultural antecedents of the Bolivian people from the pre-Columbian era.