Theme Week Bolivia – La Paz

30 June 2018 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  13 minutes

San Jorge neighborhood © Pedro16792/cc-by-sa-4.0

San Jorge neighborhood © Pedro16792/cc-by-sa-4.0

La Paz, officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (English: Our Lady of Peace), is the seat of government and the de facto national capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (the constitutional capital of Bolivia is Sucre). With an estimated 800,000 residents, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bolivia (after Santa Cruz de la Sierra and El Alto). Its metropolitan area, which is formed by La Paz, El Alto and Viacha, makes up the most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.3 million. It is also the capital of the La Paz Department.   read more…

Theme Week Bolivia – El Alto

26 June 2018 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  11 minutes

Market © Vallendar/IMEGS/cc-by-sa-3.0

Market © Vallendar/IMEGS/cc-by-sa-3.0

El Alto is a municipality and the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia’s fastest-growing urban centers, with a population of 974,754 in 2011. El Alto is the highest major metropolis in the world, with an average elevation of 4,150 m (13,615 ft). The El Alto-La Paz metropolitan area, formed by the cities of El Alto, La Paz, and Viacha, constitutes the most populous urban area of Bolivia, with a population of 2.3 million inhabitants (greater than the metropolitan area of the country’s largest city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra).   read more…

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