The City of La Paz was founded On October 20, 1548 by the Captain Alonzo de Mendoza with the name of Nuetra Señora de La Paz, in memoryto the conclusion of the civil wars of the Viceroyalty, near Chuquiago's Valley. La Paz is the main city of Bolivia and the commercial and industrial center of major activity of the country. It is a city in which very easily the tourist can be orientated. The panorama observed from the beginning of the highway in the city of El Alto seduces immediately the visitor. The first attempt of settlement of these was in a place called Laja, where today still remain the splendid parish and some ancient buildings.
Along the history of La Paz city, the people of La Paz has dreamed and forged a lot of works, as the Church of San Francisco (the principal religious monument of this capital), the Palace of Government, the Congress and the Cathedral, San's Pedro Church, the Church of El Carmen, the museum of the Bolivian Littoral, the Museum of customs and the Museum of precious metals Places as the street "Jaen", are intermingle With buildings that continue the architectural development Modern and post modern, as the Central Bank of Bolivia, The Palace of Communications, the hotels Plaza and Radisson And a lot of constructions that give a different panorama in the boisterous and excite set that identifies the world of La Paz.
GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS The department of La Paz is placed to the west of the Country. It is over 3.627 meters (Murillo main square) on The level of the sea and there has an area of 133.985 Km 2. Department of La Paz borders in the northern part with Pando, in the southern part with Oruro, in the eastern part with Beni and Cochabamba and in the western part with the Republics Of Peru and Chile.
TEMPERATURE The weather in La Paz changes in agreement to the height; The cold in the Altiplane, polar cold to more Of 5000 meters and hot and moderated below The 3000 to 2000 meters on the level of the sea.
POPULATION The department of La Paz has 2.406.337 inhabitants (Estimated 2000 INE) with a density of population of 18.47 habitants for Km2. The city of La Paz has a population of 1.004.437 habitants (Estimated 2000 INE).
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