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La Paz
La Paz:''This article is about the capital of Bolivia. For other uses, see La Paz (disambiguation).''
Image:La_Paz-center.jpg|thumbnail|320px|right|Central La Paz
Image:Central La Paz Bolivia.jpg|thumbnail|320px|Panoramic sight of the city of La Paz
'''La Paz''' is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz Department. As of the 2001 census, the city of La Paz had a population of about one million. La Paz is situated in a chasm below a plateau at an altitude of 3600 meters alongside the La Paz river. Atop the plateau is the city of El Alto, where the international airport is located.
Founded in 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza at the site of the Native American settlement called Chuquiago, the full name of the city was originally ''Nuestra Señora de La Paz'' (meaning ''Blessed Virgin Mary|Our Lady of Peace''). The name commemorated the restoration of peace following the rebellion|insurrection of Gonzalo Pizarro and fellow conquistadors two years earlier against Blasco Núñez Vela, the first viceroy of Peru. In 1825, after the decisive victory of the republicanism|republicans at Ayacucho over the Spanish army in the course of the South American Wars of Independence, the city's full name was changed to ''La Paz de Ayacucho'' (meaning ''The Peace of Ayacucho'').
In 1898, La Paz was made the ''de facto'' seat of the national government, with Sucre, Bolivia|Sucre remaining the nominal capital only. This change reflected the shift of the Bolivian economy away from the largely exhausted silver mining|mines of Potosí to the exploitation of tin near Oruro, and resulting shifts in the distribution of economic and political power among various national elites.
Currently, La Paz is not the richest and most modern city in Bolivia anymore. In the last few decades, Santa Cruz de la Sierra has shown good economic development.
==External link== {{Commons|La Paz, Bolivia}}
*[http://www.ci-lapaz.gov.bo/ Municipal government of La Paz]
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