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Torres del Poeta (Spanish for Poet Towers) is a mixed-use skyscraper complex in La Paz, Bolivia. Built between 2012 and 2018, the complex consists of four towers of which twin towers C and D are the tallest, standing at 150 m (490 ft) tall with 36, respectively 34 floors. Tower D is the current second tallest building in Bolivia. [2]
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 .
The La Paz Department of Bolivia comprises 133,985 square kilometres (51,732 sq mi) with a 2024 census population of 3,022,566 inhabitants. It is situated at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with the neighboring Peru. It contains the Cordillera Real mountain range, which reaches altitudes of 6.6 kilometers (22,000 ft).
Out of the nine departments, La Paz was originally the most populous, with 2,706,351 inhabitants as of 2012 but the far eastern department of Santa Cruz has since surpassed it by 2020; Santa Cruz also claims the title as the largest, encompassing 370,621 square kilometres (143,098 sq mi). Pando is the least populated, with a population of 110,436.
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 ...
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.
Abra de la Cumbre at a height of 4,650 m above sea level, the highest point on the route between La Paz and the Yungas; K'ili K'ili viewpoint which presents a panoramic view of the city of La Paz; Muela del Diablo ("Devil's Tooth"), a giant rock of about 150 m height that has the shape of a tooth; Valle de la Luna ("Moon Valley"), south of La ...
Inquisivi is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. During the presidency of José Ballivián it was created on November 2, 1844. The capital of the province is Inquisivi .