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La Paz (Bolivia), city in western Bolivia, located on
the La Paz River. La Paz is Bolivia's largest city, as well as the
country's administrative capital and the capital of La Paz Department.
The city sits amid the Andes Mountains and is about 3625 m (about 11,900
ft) above sea level, making it the highest large city in the world. La
Paz is linked by railroads and highways to cities in Peru and Argentina
and to Arica, Chile, the nearest port on the Pacific Ocean. It also has
an international airport. It is also the site of the University of San
Andrés (1830), the Catholic Bolivian University (1966), the National
Museum, the presidential and legislative palaces, and a cathedral (completed
in 1933) with a capacity of 12,000. La Paz was founded by the Spanish in
1548. It flourished because of its strategic location on the trade route
between the Bolivian silver mines and the ocean. Population (1993
estimate) 784,976. |
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La Paz (Bolivia), city in western
Bolivia, located on the La Paz River. La Paz is
Bolivia's largest city, as well as the country's
administrative capital and the capital of La Paz
Department. The city sits amid the Andes Mountains
and is about 3625 m (about 11,900 ft) above sea
level, making it the highest large city in the world.
La Paz is linked by railroads and highways to cities
in Peru and Argentina and to Arica, Chile, the
nearest port on the Pacific Ocean. It also has an
international airport
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It is also the site of the
University of San Andrés (1830), the Catholic
Bolivian University (1966), the National Museum, the
presidential and legislative palaces, and a
cathedral (completed in 1933) with a capacity of
12,000. La Paz was founded by the Spanish in 1548.
It flourished because of its strategic location on
the trade route between the Bolivian silver mines
and the ocean. Population (1993 estimate) 784,976.
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