La Paz
La Paz Department is situated on the Altiplano at the western border of Bolivia, sharing Lake Titicaca with Peru. It contains the mighty mountain range of Cordillera Real with many popular treks and peaks for climbing.Tap on the map to travel |
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La Paz
La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, while Sucre is the constitutional capital and the seat of the Supreme Court.Tiwanaku
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Tiwanaku is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage site in the La Paz Department of Bolivia.
Destinations
Sorata
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Sorata is a small town in the La Paz Department in the Bolivian Andes, northwest of the city of La Paz and east of Lake Titicaca.
Huayna Potosí
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Huayna Potosi is a mountain and National Park in the La Paz Department of Bolivia.
Isla del Sol
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Isla del Sol is the largest island on Lake Titicaca, and part of Bolivian territory.
Chacaltaya
Chacaltaya is in the La Paz Department of Bolivia. This mountain, at an altitude of 5,486 metres, has beautiful views and what was once the world's highest ski area.Madidi National Park
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Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia.
Coroico
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Coroico is a hill top town in the La Paz department of Bolivia and is an excellent base for excursions into the surrounding Yungas Road region.
Quime
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Quime is a small town in the La Paz Department in Bolivia situated southeast of the city of La Paz at the Khatu River.
Chulumani
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Chulumani is a town in South Yungas region of the La Paz department of Bolivia.
Isla de la Luna
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Isla de la Luna is a tiny, uninhabited island in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
Desaguadero
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Desaguadero is a border region between Bolivia and Peru, on the shore of Lake Titicaca.
Yampupata
Yampupata is a village on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. This is mostly a quick stop for people choosing the hard way between Isla del Sol and Copacabana.San Miguel del Bala
San Miguel del Bala is an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest on the banks of the Beni River, near Rurrenabaque.La Paz
- Type: State with 2,600,000 residents
- Description: department of Bolivia
- Neighbors: Beni, Cochabamba, Madre de Dios, Oruro and Pando
- Categories: department of Bolivia and locality
- Location: Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude of centre
-15° or 15° southLongitude of centre
-68.3333° or 68° 20' westPopulation
2,600,000Elevation
918 metres (3,012 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 2854906390OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
3911924Wikidata ID
Q272784La Paz Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: La Paz
- 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
- English: La Paz Department
- English: La Paz department
- Esperanto: La-Pazio
- Esperanto: La-Pazo
- Finnish: La Pazin departementti
- French: Département de La Paz
- French: La Paz
- French: departement de 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-पाज़ विभाग
- Hindi: ला पास विभाग
- Indonesian: Departemen La Paz
- Italian: La Paz
- Japanese: ラパス県
- Japanese: ラ・パス県 (エル・サルバドル)
- 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: La Paz
- Norwegian Bokmål: 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
- 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
- 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: محکمہ لا پاز
- Urdu: ڈیپارٹمنٹ 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
- Yiddish: לא פאז
- Yue Chinese: 拉巴士省 (玻利維亞)
- Yue Chinese: 拉巴士省
- Dipartimento di La Paz
- Mkoa wa La Paz, Bolivia
- ला पास विभाग, बोलिविया
- 拉巴斯省(玻利维亚)
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