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Travel information for La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia and a popular tourist destination for its colonial period architecture (mostly churches and cathedrals) and local festivals.

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Travel information for La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia and a popular tourist destination for its colonial period architecture (mostly churches and cathedrals) and local festivals.

La Paz Travel Guide - Wikitravel

Open source travel guide to La Paz, featuring up-to-date information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, travel tips and more. Free and reliable advice written by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
http://wikitravel.org/en/La_Paz
La Paz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

La Paz was named as one of the New7WondersCities by the New7Wonders Foundation in 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz
A Tourist's Guide to La Paz, Bolivia - YouTube

We drive up from Lake Titicaca, to La Paz. We see the sights, including Plaza San Francisco and see the llama foetuses in the Witches' Market.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFq6IMrjLw
La Paz, Baja California, Mexico - VisitMexico

Though the area has fine beaches, La Paz, in Baja, is not a beach resort in the traditional sense. Instead, the city has a provincial Mexican town atmosphere.
http://www.visitmexico.com/en/la-paz
La Paz Tourism: Best of La Paz, Bolivia - TripAdvisor

La Paz Tourism: TripAdvisor has 29,226 reviews of La Paz Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best La Paz resource.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g294072-La_Paz_La_Paz_Department-Vacations.html
La Paz, Bolivia - Lonely Planet

La Paz is dizzying in every respect, not only for its well-publicized altitude (3660m), but for its quirky beauty. Most travelers enter this...
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/bolivia/la-paz
The Incredible Mountain City of La Paz, Bolivia - Amusing Planet

La Paz whose full name is Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia and the second largest city in the country (in population) after Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Bolivia has two capitals - while the official capital of Bolivia is Sucre and it is the seat of Justice, La Paz has more government departments, hence the "de facto" capital of the country.
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/07/the-incredible-mountain-city-of-la-paz.html
La Paz, Bolivia - Travel Planning Guide

La Paz, one of the two capitals of Bolivia, nicknamed the city that touches the clouds, is one of the highest cities on earth and the center of Bolivian legislative government, culture and tourism.
http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/BolLaPaz.htm
La Paz - Travel Guide at Wikivoyage

La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, while Sucre is the constitutional capital and the seat of the Supreme Court. La Paz was established in 1548, and is in the Andes. Altitude of the city ranges from about 4,058 m (13,313 ft) above sea level in El Alto (where the airport is located) to 3,100 m (10,170 ft) in the lower residential area. It is the highest national capital in the world.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/La_Paz
La paz Guide - Rough Guides

Few cities in the world have as spectacular a setting as La Paz. Glimpsed for the first time as your bus or taxi crawls over the lip of the narrow canyon in which the city sits hunched, it's a sight that will leave your lungs gasping for oxygen they can't have. At over 3500m above sea level, amid a hollow gouged into the Altiplano, it's a scene of stunning contrasts
http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/south-america/bolivia/la-paz/

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La Paz
Seat of Government
Nuestra Señora de La Paz
Skyline with Mount Illimani Plaza Murillo Basilica of San Francisco Mi Teleférico Miraflores
Flag Seal
Motto(s): Los discordes en concordia, en paz y amor se juntaron y pueblo de paz fundaron para perpetua memoria. ("The dissenters in harmony gathered together in peace and love, and a town of peace they founded, for perpetual memory.") ^[1]
La Paz Show map of Bolivia La Paz Show map of South America
Coordinates: 16°29′45″S 68°08′00″W / 16.49583°S 68.13333°W / -16.49583; -68.13333
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz
Province	Pedro Domingo Murillo
Founded	20 October 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza
Independence	16 July 1809
El Alto incorporated	20th century
Government
• Mayor	Ivan Arias
Area
• Seat of Government	472 km² (182 sq mi)
• Urban	3,240 km² (1,250 sq mi)
Elevation	3,640 m (11,942 ft)
Population ( 2024 census)
• Seat of Government	755,732
• Density	1,861.2/km² (4,820.6/sq mi)
• Metro	2,187,223
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total (Metro)	$14.6 billion^[2]
• Per capita	$8,400
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (Bolivia Time)
• Summer (DST)	(Not Observed)
Postal code	0201-0220
Area code	2
ISO 3166 code	BO-L
HDI (2016)	0.827 (Very High)^[3]
Website	www.lapaz.bo

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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La Paz Travel Guide - Wikitravel

Open source travel guide to La Paz, featuring up-to-date information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, travel tips and more. Free and reliable advice written by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
http://wikitravel.org/en/La_Paz
La Paz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

La Paz was named as one of the New7WondersCities by the New7Wonders Foundation in 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz
A Tourist's Guide to La Paz, Bolivia - YouTube

We drive up from Lake Titicaca, to La Paz. We see the sights, including Plaza San Francisco and see the llama foetuses in the Witches' Market.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFq6IMrjLw
La Paz, Baja California, Mexico - VisitMexico

Though the area has fine beaches, La Paz, in Baja, is not a beach resort in the traditional sense. Instead, the city has a provincial Mexican town atmosphere.
http://www.visitmexico.com/en/la-paz
La Paz Tourism: Best of La Paz, Bolivia - TripAdvisor

La Paz Tourism: TripAdvisor has 29,226 reviews of La Paz Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best La Paz resource.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g294072-La_Paz_La_Paz_Department-Vacations.html
La Paz, Bolivia - Lonely Planet

La Paz is dizzying in every respect, not only for its well-publicized altitude (3660m), but for its quirky beauty. Most travelers enter this...
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/bolivia/la-paz
The Incredible Mountain City of La Paz, Bolivia - Amusing Planet

La Paz whose full name is Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia and the second largest city in the country (in population) after Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Bolivia has two capitals - while the official capital of Bolivia is Sucre and it is the seat of Justice, La Paz has more government departments, hence the "de facto" capital of the country.
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/07/the-incredible-mountain-city-of-la-paz.html
La Paz, Bolivia - Travel Planning Guide

La Paz, one of the two capitals of Bolivia, nicknamed the city that touches the clouds, is one of the highest cities on earth and the center of Bolivian legislative government, culture and tourism.
http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/BolLaPaz.htm
La Paz - Travel Guide at Wikivoyage

La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, while Sucre is the constitutional capital and the seat of the Supreme Court. La Paz was established in 1548, and is in the Andes. Altitude of the city ranges from about 4,058 m (13,313 ft) above sea level in El Alto (where the airport is located) to 3,100 m (10,170 ft) in the lower residential area. It is the highest national capital in the world.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/La_Paz
La paz Guide - Rough Guides

Few cities in the world have as spectacular a setting as La Paz. Glimpsed for the first time as your bus or taxi crawls over the lip of the narrow canyon in which the city sits hunched, it's a sight that will leave your lungs gasping for oxygen they can't have. At over 3500m above sea level, amid a hollow gouged into the Altiplano, it's a scene of stunning contrasts
http://www.roughguides.com/destinations/south-america/bolivia/la-paz/

La Paz
Seat of Government
Nuestra Señora de La Paz
Skyline with Mount Illimani Plaza Murillo Basilica of San Francisco Mi Teleférico Miraflores
Flag Seal
Motto(s): Los discordes en concordia, en paz y amor se juntaron y pueblo de paz fundaron para perpetua memoria. ("The dissenters in harmony gathered together in peace and love, and a town of peace they founded, for perpetual memory.") ^[1]
La Paz Show map of Bolivia La Paz Show map of South America
Coordinates: 16°29′45″S 68°08′00″W / 16.49583°S 68.13333°W / -16.49583; -68.13333
Country	Bolivia
Department	La Paz
Province	Pedro Domingo Murillo
Founded	20 October 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza
Independence	16 July 1809
El Alto incorporated	20th century
Government
• Mayor	Ivan Arias
Area
• Seat of Government	472 km² (182 sq mi)
• Urban	3,240 km² (1,250 sq mi)
Elevation	3,640 m (11,942 ft)
Population ( 2024 census)
• Seat of Government	755,732
• Density	1,861.2/km² (4,820.6/sq mi)
• Metro	2,187,223
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total (Metro)	$14.6 billion^[2]
• Per capita	$8,400
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (Bolivia Time)
• Summer (DST)	(Not Observed)
Postal code	0201-0220
Area code	2
ISO 3166 code	BO-L
HDI (2016)	0.827 (Very High)^[3]
Website	www.lapaz.bo

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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