La Paz Department

La Paz is a department of in the south central area of the country. The capital is . La Paz has an area of 1,228 km2. The department was created in 1852.
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is a municipality in the La Paz department of . is situated 6 km northwest of La Paz Department.

La Paz Department

Latitude
13.4667° or 13° 28′ north
Longitude
-88.9833° or 88° 59′ west
Population
328,000
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
765HF288+MM
Geo­Names ID
3585087
Wiki­data ID
Q1129788
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“La Paz Department” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إدارة لاباز
  • Basque: La Paz departamendua
  • Bengali: লা পাজ বিভাগ
  • Breton: Departamant La Paz (El Salvador)
  • Breton: Departamant La Paz
  • Bulgarian: Ла Пас
  • Catalan: departament de La Paz
  • Catalan: Departament de La Paz
  • Cebuano: Departamento de La Paz
  • Chinese: La Paz Koān
  • Chinese: 拉巴斯省
  • Czech: La Paz
  • Danish: La Paz Department
  • Dutch: La Paz
  • Egyptian Arabic: ادارة لا پاز (ال سالڤادور)
  • Egyptian Arabic: ادارة لا پاز
  • Esperanto: Departemento La Paco
  • Esperanto: Departemento La Paz
  • Finnish: La Pazin depatermentti
  • French: Département de La Paz
  • French: La Paz
  • Galician: Departamento de La Paz, O Salvador
  • Galician: Departamento de La Paz
  • Georgian: ლა-პასის დეპარტამენტი
  • German: Departamento La Paz
  • German: La Paz
  • German: SV-PA
  • Greek: διαμέρισμα Λα Παζ
  • Greek: Διαμέρισμα Λα Παζ
  • Greek: Διαμέρισμα Λα Πας
  • Gujarati: લા પાઝ વિભાગ
  • Hebrew: לה פאס
  • Hindi: ला-पाज़ विभाग
  • Hindi: ला-पास प्रदेश
  • Hindi: ला-पास
  • Hungarian: La Paz megye
  • Indonesian: Departemen La Paz
  • Interlingua: Departimento de La Paz
  • Italian: Dipartimento di La Paz
  • Italian: La Paz
  • Japanese: ラ・パス県 (エル・サルバドル)
  • Japanese: ラ・パス県 (エルサルバドル)
  • Japanese: ラ・パス県
  • Kannada: ಲಾ ಪಾಜ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ
  • Korean: 라파스주
  • Ladino: La Paz
  • Latvian: Lapaso departaments
  • Lithuanian: La Paso departamentas
  • Low German: Departamento La Paz
  • Malay: La Paz Department
  • Marathi: ला पाझ विभाग
  • Min Nan Chinese: La Paz Koān (El Salvador)
  • Min Nan Chinese: La Paz Koān
  • Northern Frisian: La Paz (Department uun El Salwadoor)
  • Northern Frisian: La Paz
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Paz department
  • Occitan (post 1500): Departament de La Paz
  • Persian: ناحیه لاپاز (السالوادور)
  • Persian: ناحیه لاپاز
  • Polish: La Paz
  • Portuguese: Departamento de La Paz
  • Portuguese: La Paz
  • Quechua: La Paz (Salwadur) suyu
  • Quechua: La Paz suyu
  • Quechua: La Paz
  • Romanian: Departamentul La Paz, El Salvador
  • Romanian: Departamentul La Paz
  • Russian: Ла-Пас (Сальвадор)
  • Russian: Ла-Пас
  • Scots: La Paz Depairtment
  • Sinhala: ලා ප්ලාස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, එල් සැල්වදෝරය
  • Sinhala: ලා ප්ලාස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
  • Slovenian: La Paz
  • Slovenian: SV-PA
  • Spanish: Departamento de La Paz
  • Spanish: La Paz
  • Swedish: La Paz
  • Tamil: லா பாஸ் துறை
  • Telugu: లా పాజ్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్
  • Telugu: లా పాజ్ విభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดลาปัซ
  • Turkish: Le Paz Departmanı
  • Ukrainian: Департамент Ла-Пас
  • Ukrainian: Ла-Пас
  • Urdu: لا پاز ڈیپارٹمنٹ
  • Urdu: لا پاز محکمہ
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh La Paz
  • La Paz
  • Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl La Paz

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