La Paz

E34749

administrative capital city

La Paz is the administrative capital and one of the major cities of Bolivia, known for its dramatic setting in a deep valley of the Andes at one of the highest elevations of any capital city in the world.

Aliases (2)

La Paz metropolitan area ×2
city of La Paz ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative capital → city →
climate	subtropical highland climate →
continent	South America →
country	Bolivia →
currency	Boliviano →
demographicsCharacteristic	predominantly indigenous and mestizo population →
elevation	approximately 11942 feet above sea level → approximately 3640 metres above sea level →
foundedBy	Alonso de Mendoza →
foundingDate	1548 →
governingBody	Municipal Government of La Paz →
hasCharacteristic	dramatic topography → one of the highest capital cities in the world → situated in a deep valley → surrounded by high mountains →
hasFunction	cultural center of Bolivia → economic center of Bolivia → political center of Bolivia →
hasLandmark	Basilica of San Francisco → Calle Jaén → Plaza Murillo → Valle de la Luna →
hasTransport	El Alto International Airport → Mi Teleférico cable car system →
hosts	Bolivian government ministries → Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia → presidential palace of Bolivia →
isAdministrativeCapitalOf	Bolivia →
isDeFactoCapitalOf	Bolivia →
isOneOfMajorCitiesOf	Bolivia →
isSeatOfGovernmentOf	Bolivia →
locatedIn	Andes → La Paz Department → western Bolivia →
namedAfter	Our Lady of Peace →
near	El Alto →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
originalName	Nuestra Señora de La Paz →
overlookedBy	Illimani →
partOf	La Paz metropolitan area →
primaryReligion	Roman Catholicism →
recognizedLanguage	Aymara → Quechua →
river	Choqueyapu River →
timeZone	UTC−04:00 →
UNLOCODE	BO LPB →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
El Alto ("La Paz metropolitan area") → La Paz ("La Paz metropolitan area") →	partOf
Bolivia → La Paz Department →	seatOfGovernment
El Alto →	adjacentTo
Bolivia →	administrativeCapital
El Alto →	airportServes
La Paz Department →	capital
Plurinational Legislative Assembly →	capitalSeat
Bolivia →	contains
La Paz Department →	containsCity
TAR Aerolíneas →	focusCity
Spanish-speaking world →	hasMajorCity
Göttingen →	hasTwinTown
El Alto ("city of La Paz") →	hasViewOf
Viceroyalty of Peru →	importantCity
Bolivia →	legislativeCapital
Plurinational Legislative Assembly →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Upper Peru →	mainCity
Altiplano plateau →	notableCity
Oruro →	roadConnection
President of Bolivia →	seat
Bonn →	twinCity
Göttingen →	twinTown