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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.
We offer the following tours in the area, please make a choice
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