Laja
Laja is a town 25 kilometres west of La Paz, in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. It is the administrative seat of the Laja Municipality, the second municipal section of the Los Andes Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Christopher Walker, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Village with 876 residents
- Description: human settlement in Bolivia
- Also known as: “Laia” and “Laja, Bolivia”
Laja
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Laja Municipality, Los Andes Province, La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-16.53656° or 16° 32′ 12″ southLongitude
-68.38518° or 68° 23′ 7″ westPopulation
876Elevation
3,856 metres (12,651 feet)Open location code
57MHFJ77+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1910203196OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3912103Wikidata ID
Q1545913
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