Lapaz
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Nuestra Señora de La Paz |
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Top to Bottom, Left to Right: La Paz Skyline with Mount Illimani in the background, Palace of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, San Francisco Church, Mariscal Santa Cruz Avenue, Red Line of the La Paz-El Alto cable car transit system, Downtown La Paz.
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| Motto: 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.) | ||
 Nuestra Señora de La Paz
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| Coordinates: 16°30′S 68°09′W / 16.500°S 68.150°WCoordinates: 16°30′S 68°09′W / 16.500°S 68.150°W | ||
| Country |
 Bolivia
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| Departament | La Paz | |
| Province | Pedro Domingo Murillo | |
| Founded |
October 20, 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza
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| Independence | July 16, 1809 | |
| El Alto incorporated | 20th century | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Luis A. Revilla Herrero | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 472 km2 (182 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,240 km2 (1,250 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 3,640 m (11,942 ft) | |
| Population (2008) | ||
| • City | 877,363 | |
| • Density | 1,861.2/km2 (4,820.6/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 2,364,235 | |
| Time zone | BOT (UTC−4) | |
| Area code(s) | 2 | |
| HDI (2010) | 0.672 (high) | |
| Website | www.lapaz.bo | |
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34
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0.6
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24
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