Chuqi Yapu Marka(in Aymara) | |
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Nuestra Señora de La Paz | |
Top to Bottom, Left to Right: La Paz Skyline with Mount Illimani in the background, Palace of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, San Francisco Church, Mariscal Santa Cruz Avenue, Red Line of the La Paz-El Alto cable car transit system, Downtown La Paz. | |
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Motto(s): [1]Los discordes en concordia, en paz y amor se juntaron y pueblo de paz fundaron para perpetua memoria (The dissenters in harmony gathered together in peace and love, and a town of peace they founded, for perpetual memory.) | |
Coordinates: 16°30′S68°09′W / 16.500°S 68.150°WCoordinates: 16°30′S68°09′W / 16.500°S 68.150°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | La Paz |
Province | Pedro Domingo Murillo |
Founded | |
Independence | July 16, 1809 |
El Alto incorporated | 20th century |
Government | |
• Mayor | Luis A. Revilla Herrero[2] |
Area | |
• City | 472 km2 (182 sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,240 km2 (1,250 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,640 m (11,942 ft) |
Population (2012 Census) | |
• Density | 1,861.2/km2 (4,820.6/sq mi) |
• Urban | 757,184 |
Time zone | UTC−4 (BOT) |
Area code(s) | 2 |
HDI(2016) | 0.827 (Very High)[3] |
Website | www.lapaz.bo |
La Paz (elevation 4,058 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Climate data for La Paz, Bolivia (El Alto International Airport, elevation 4,058 m) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.1 (77.2) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.4 (77.7) |
Average high °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 13.5 (56.3) | 13.7 (56.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.3 (59.5) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.0 (59.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 8.9 (48.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 8.2 (46.8) | 7.3 (45.1) | 6.8 (44.2) | 8.2 (46.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 10.0 (50.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 9.7 (49.5) | 8.8 (47.8) |
Average low °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 3.6 (38.5) | 1.0 (33.8) | −1.9 (28.6) | −4.3 (24.3) | −4.4 (24.1) | −3 (27) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.5 (34.7) | 2.1 (35.8) | 3.6 (38.5) | 0.5 (32.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | −3.3 (26.1) | −2.7 (27.1) | −4.7 (23.5) | −10.3 (13.5) | −12.4 (9.7) | −11.9 (10.6) | −10 (14) | −10 (14) | −5.4 (22.3) | −5 (23) | −2.8 (27.0) | −12.4 (9.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 133.7 (5.26) | 104.7 (4.12) | 71.7 (2.82) | 31.7 (1.25) | 14.3 (0.56) | 5.1 (0.20) | 7.1 (0.28) | 15.2 (0.60) | 35.5 (1.40) | 38.1 (1.50) | 50.5 (1.99) | 94.9 (3.74) | 602.5 (23.72) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 20.7 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 15.5 | 120.3 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 66 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 60 | 54 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.9 | 152.6 | 148.8 | 165.0 | 222.7 | 240.0 | 235.6 | 217.0 | 189.0 | 179.8 | 171.0 | 186.0 | 2,288.9 |
Percent possible sunshine | 46 | 43 | 40 | 47 | 64 | 73 | 68 | 61 | 53 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 52 |
Source #1: Deutscher Wetterdienst,[25] Meteo Climat (extremes 1942–present)[26] | |||||||||||||
Source #2: Climatemps.com (sunshine) |
Climate data for La Paz (Laikakota Park), elevation: 3,650 m, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1945–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.3 (75.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.2 (81.0) |
Average high °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.1 (66.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.0 (68.0) | 18.9 (66.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 12.7 (54.9) | 11.8 (53.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 10.1 (50.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 13.7 (56.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 12.3 (54.1) |
Average low °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 7.2 (45.0) | 6.3 (43.3) | 4.6 (40.3) | 3.3 (37.9) | 2.8 (37.0) | 3.7 (38.7) | 4.8 (40.6) | 6.2 (43.2) | 7.0 (44.6) | 7.5 (45.5) | 5.7 (42.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 2.0 (35.6) | 1.1 (34.0) | 0.6 (33.1) | −2.0 (28.4) | −6.0 (21.2) | −2.8 (27.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | −0.8 (30.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.5 (32.9) | 1.0 (33.8) | −6.0 (21.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 125.5 (4.94) | 81.0 (3.19) | 67.5 (2.66) | 27.1 (1.07) | 8.9 (0.35) | 7.9 (0.31) | 5.3 (0.21) | 12.1 (0.48) | 24.5 (0.96) | 37.8 (1.49) | 43.9 (1.73) | 82.3 (3.24) | 523.8 (20.62) |
Average precipitation days | 21.3 | 17.0 | 15.4 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 16.1 | 119.0 |
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[27] |
Climate data for La Paz, Bolivia (elevation 3,250 m) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 27 (81) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 27.0 (80.6) |
Average high °C (°F) | 17 (63) | 17 (63) | 18 (64) | 18 (64) | 18 (64) | 17 (63) | 17 (63) | 17 (63) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 18 (64) | 17.8 (64.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.0 (53.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 10.5 (50.9) | 9.0 (48.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 10.9 (51.6) |
Average low °C (°F) | 6 (43) | 6 (43) | 6 (43) | 4 (39) | 3 (37) | 1 (34) | 1 (34) | 2 (36) | 3 (37) | 4 (39) | 6 (43) | 6 (43) | 4.0 (39.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | 1 (34) | 2 (36) | 2 (36) | −1 (30) | −1 (30) | −3 (27) | −3 (27) | −3 (27) | −1 (30) | −1 (30) | −1 (30) | 2 (36) | −3.0 (26.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 114 (4.5) | 107 (4.2) | 66 (2.6) | 33 (1.3) | 13 (0.5) | 8 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 13 (0.5) | 28 (1.1) | 41 (1.6) | 48 (1.9) | 94 (3.7) | 575 (22.6) |
Average precipitation days | 21 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 124 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186 | 141 | 155 | 180 | 248 | 270 | 279 | 248 | 210 | 186 | 180 | 186 | 2,469 |
Source: BBC Weather[28] |
La Paz's districts | |||||||
# | District | Population | Area (km²) | Type | Map | ||
1 | Mallasa | 5,082 | 32,68 | Urbano | |||
2 | Zona Sur | 127,228 | 64,15 | Urbano | |||
3 | San Antonio | 115,659 | 22,59 | Urbano | |||
4 | Periférica | 159,123 | 26,05 | Urbano | |||
5 | Max Paredes | 164,566 | 13,31 | Urbano | |||
6 | Centro | 64,272 | 5,22 | Urbano | |||
7 | Cotahuma | 153,655 | 16,10 | Urbano | |||
23 | Zongo | Rural | |||||
22 | Hampaturi | Rural |
La Paz's neighborhoods | ||||
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# | District | Map | Neighborhoods | Main streets |
1 | Mallasa | Amor de Dios • Mallasa • Muela del Diablo • Mallasilla • Jupapina | Carretera principal Rio abajo | |
2 | Zona Sur | Obrajes • Bella Vista • Bolonia • Irpavi • Calacoto • Cota Cota • Achumani • Ovejuyo • Koani • La Florida • Seguencoma • San Miguel | Avenida Ballivián | |
3 | San Antonio | San Antonio • Villa Copacabana • Pampahasi • Valle Hermoso • Kupini • Villa Armonía • Callapa, •San Isidro | Avenida cd del niño | |
4 | Periférica | Achachicala • Chuquiaguillo • Villa Fátima • Vino Tinto •5 Dedos • Santiago de Lacaya • Rosasani | Avenida Grl Juan Jose Torres | |
5 | Max Paredes | Munaypata • La Portada • El Tejar • Gran Poder • Obispo Indaburu • Chamoco Chico • Munaypata • Pura Pura • Ciudadela Ferroviaria | Avenida Naciones Unidas | |
6 | Zona Centro | Casco Urbano Central • San Jorge • Miraflores • Barrio Gráfico • San Sebastián • Santa Bárbara • Parque Urbano Central | Avenida Arce • Avenida 16 de Julio | |
7 | Cotahuma | Sopocachi • Alto Sopocachi • Pasankeri • Tembladerani • Alpacoma • Belén • Tacagua • San Pedro • Bajo Llojeta | Avenida Buenos Aires |
Foundation | University | World Ranking 2012 (CSIC Webometrics)[29] | Latin American Ranking 2012 (CSIC Webometrics)[30] | Academic Production(Ranking Scimago Lab) | National Ranking[29] | Logo | Web | ||
1830-10-25 | Universidad Mayor de San Andrés | UMSA | Estatal | 2266 | 182 | – | 2 | UMSA | |
1994-03-21 | Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo | UCB | Privada | 3449 | 308 | – | 3 | UCB | |
– | Universidad Central de Bolivia | UNICEN | Privada | 4919 | 489 | – | 5 | UNICEN | |
– | Universidad Privada del Valle | UPV | Privada | 7686 | 757 | – | 8 | UPV | |
– | UP Boliviana | UPB | Privada | 8206 | 822 | – | 9 | Universidad Privada Boliviana | |
1950 | Escuela Militar de Ingeniería | EMI | Estatal | 10670 | 1103 | – | 13 | EMI | |
– | Universidad Salesiana de Bolivia | Privada | 11280 | 1174 | – | 16 | Salesiana | ||
– | Universidad Nur Bolivia | Privada | 12461 | 1333 | – | 18 | NUR | ||
– | Universidad Loyola | Privada | 13398 | 1499 | – | 20 | Loyola | ||
– | Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Bolivia | UASB | Estatal | 13418 | 1506 | – | 21 | UASB |
Line | Length | Travel time | Stations | opened |
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Red Line | 2.4 km | 10 min | 3 | May 2014 |
Yellow Line | 3.9 km | 13.5 min | 4 | September 2014 |
Green Line | 3.7 km | 16.6 min | 4 | December 2014 |
Blue Line | 4.7 km | 17 min | 5 | March 2017 |
Orange Line | 2.6 km | 10 min | 4 | September 2017 |
White Line | 2.9 km | 13.1 min | 4 | March 2018 |
Sky Blue Line | 2.6 km | 11.8 min | 4 | July 2018 |
Purple Line | 4.3 km | 16.2 min | 3 | September 2018 |
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