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La Paz

La Paz Department is situated on the at the western border of , sharing with Peru. It contains the mighty mountain range of Cordillera Real with many popular treks and peaks for climbing.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include La Paz and Tiwanaku.

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is the administrative capital of , while is the constitutional capital and the seat of the Supreme Court.

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is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage site in the La Paz Department of .

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The is in the La Paz department of . If you've ever heard of "Death Road" or "The most dangerous road in the world", this is where it is!

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is a small town in the La Paz Department in the , northwest of the city of and east of . It is the seat of the and the .

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is the largest island on , and part of territory. An ancient holy site of the Inca, it's easily reachable from .

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Huayna Potosi is a mountain and National Park in the La Paz Department of . It's about 30 km north of La Paz and the mountain reaches 6088 m above sea level.

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is the main town on the shore of . The town has a large 17th-century shrine, the , dedicated to Our Lady of , the patron saint of Bolivia.

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is in the La Paz Department of . This mountain, at an elevation of 5,486 m, has beautiful views and what was once the world's highest ski area.

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is a national park in the upper Amazon River basin in . It was established in 1995 with a total land area of 18,958 km2. Together with the nearby protected areas Manuripi-Heath and Apolobamba and the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madidi is part of one of the largest protected areas in the world.

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is a hill top town in the La Paz department of and is an excellent base for excursions into the surrounding region.

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is a small town in the La Paz Department in situated southeast of the city of on the Khatu River. It is the seat of the located in the .

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is a town in South Yungas region of the La Paz department of . You can relax there and go to explore the surroundings, including some nice coca fields.

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is a tiny, uninhabited island in , . Known for its mythological significance to the Incas.

is a village on Lake Titicaca, . This is mostly a quick stop for people choosing the hard way between and .

is a border region between and , on the shore of . Both tiny Bolivian and Peruvian towns bear the same name. Crossing independently through is often the cheapest way to travel between the two countries.

is an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest on the banks of the Beni River, near . Its nearest neighbour is the , which is world famous as one of the places on earth with the widest biodiversity.

La Paz

Latitude of center
-15° or 15° south
Longitude of center
-68.3333° or 68° 20′ west
Population
3,030,000
Elevation
918 metres (3,012 feet)
Inception
1826
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2854906390
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3911924
Wiki­data ID
Q272784
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“La Paz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إدارة لا باز”
  • Armenian: “Լա Պազ վարչություն”
  • Aymara: “Ch’uqiyapu jach’a suyu”
  • Aymara: “Ch’uqiyapu jisk’a suyu”
  • Aymara: “Chukiyawu jach’a suyu”
  • Aymara: “Chuqiyapu jach’a suyu”
  • Aymara: “Chuquiyapu jach’a suyu”
  • Azerbaijani: “La-Pas departamenti”
  • Basque: “La Paz”
  • Basque: “La Pazeko departamendua”
  • Basque: “La Pazko departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “Ля Пас”
  • Bengali: “লা পাজ বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Departamant La Paz (Bolivia)”
  • Breton: “Departamant La Paz”
  • Bulgarian: “Ла Пас”
  • Catalan: “Departament de la Paz”
  • Catalan: “Departament de La Paz”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de La Paz (departamento sa Bolivia)”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de La Paz”
  • Chinese: “La Paz Chiu”
  • Chinese: “拉巴士省”
  • Chinese: “拉巴斯省”
  • Croatian: “Departman La Paz”
  • Croatian: “La Paz”
  • Czech: “Departement La Paz”
  • Danish: “La Paz”
  • Dutch: “La Paz”
  • Dutch: “Provincies departement La Paz”
  • Dutch: “Provincies van departement La Paz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ادارة لا پاز (بوليڤيا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ادارة لا پاز”
  • Esperanto: “La-Pazio”
  • Esperanto: “La-Pazo”
  • Estonian: “La Pazi departemang”
  • Finnish: “La Pazin departementti”
  • French: “departement de La Paz”
  • French: “Département de La Paz”
  • French: “La Paz”
  • Galician: “Departamento de La Paz, Bolivia”
  • Galician: “Departamento de La Paz”
  • Georgian: “ლა-პასის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Departamento La Paz”
  • German: “La Paz”
  • Greek: “Λα Παζ”
  • Guarani: “Tetãvore La Paz”
  • Gujarati: “લા પાઝ વિભાગ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לה פאס”
  • Hindi: “ला पास विभाग, बोलिविया”
  • Hindi: “ला पास विभाग”
  • Hindi: “ला-पाज़ विभाग”
  • 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”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾ ಪಾಜ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Korean: “라파스주”
  • Ladino: “La Paz”
  • Latvian: “Lapasas departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “La Paso departamentas”
  • Macedonian: “Ла Паз”
  • Macedonian: “Ла Пас”
  • Malay: “La Paz Department”
  • Marathi: “ला पाझ विभाग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “La Paz Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “ლა-პასიშ დეპარტამენტი”
  • Northern Frisian: “La Paz (Department uun Boliiwien)”
  • Northern Frisian: “La Paz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Paz”
  • Norwegian: “La Paz”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “departament de La Patz”
  • Ossetian: “Ла-Пас (Боливийы департамент)”
  • Ossetian: “Ла-Пас”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لاپاز”
  • Polish: “La Paz”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de La Paz”
  • Portuguese: “La Paz”
  • Quechua: “Chukiyapu suyu”
  • Quechua: “Chuqiyapu suyu”
  • Quechua: “Departamento de la Paz”
  • Quechua: “La Paz suyu”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul La Paz”
  • Romanian: “La Paz”
  • Russian: “Ла-Пас”
  • Scots: “La Paz Depairtment”
  • Serbian: “Ла Паз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “La Paz (departman, Bolivija)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “La Paz”
  • Sinhala: “ලා පාස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, බොලිවියාව”
  • Sinhala: “ලා පාස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Slovenian: “Departamento La Paz”
  • Slovenian: “Departma La Paz”
  • Slovenian: “La Paz”
  • Spanish: “Departamento Autonomo de La Paz”
  • Spanish: “Departamento Autónomo de La Paz”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de La Paz”
  • Spanish: “La Paz”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa La Paz, Bolivia”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa La Paz”
  • Swedish: “La Paz”
  • Tamil: “லா பஸ் துறை”
  • Telugu: “లా పాజ్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “లా పాజ్ విభాగం”
  • Thai: “แคว้นลาปาซ”
  • Turkish: “La Paz Departmanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Ла-Пас”
  • Urdu: “ڈیپارٹمنٹ لا پاز”
  • Urdu: “محکمہ لا پاز”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực hành chính La Paz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “La Paz”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉巴斯省 (玻利维亚)”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉巴斯省（玻利维亚）”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉巴斯省”
  • Yiddish: “לא פאז”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉巴士省 (玻利維亞)”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉巴士省”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “La Paz”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.