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The city is considered to be a unique metropolitan structure, where a majority of the city has been built into the canyon of the Chuqiyapi and Irpavi Rivers. Its unusual topography offers unique views of the city and the surrounding mountains of the Cordillera Real from numerous natural viewing points. The city is renowned for its unique markets, particularly the Witches' Market, and for its vibrant nightlife. La Paz is also situated at the confluence of archaeological regions of the Tiwanaku and Inca Empire. La Paz is also an important cultural center of Latin America, as it hosts several landmarks belonging to the colonial times, such as the San Francisco Church, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Plaza Murillo and JaГ©n Street. La Paz is an important political, administrative, economic, and sports center of Bolivia it generates 24% of the nation's gross domestic product and serves as the headquarters for numerous Bolivian companies and industries. The city hosts all the foreign embassies as well as international missions in the country. The constitutional capital of Bolivia, Sucre, retains the judicial power. It is also the seat of the Bolivian legislature, the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, and numerous government departments and agencies. ДЄs the seat of the government of Bolivia, La Paz is the site of the Palacio Quemado, the presidential palace. On 16 July 1809, the Bolivian patriot Pedro Domingo Murillo ignited a revolution for independence, marking the beginning of the Spanish American Wars of Independence, which gained the freedom of South American states in 1821. In 1781, the indigenous leader and independence activist TГєpac Katari laid siege to the city for a total of six months, but was finally defeated. Since its founding, the city was the site of numerous revolts. La Paz was under Spanish colonial rule as part of the Viceroyalty of the RГo de la Plata, before Bolivia gained independence. The city was later moved to its present location in the valley of Chuquiago Marka.

La Paz was founded on 20 October 1548, by the Spanish conquistador Captain Alonso de Mendoza, at the site of the Inca settlement of Laja as a connecting point between the commercial routes that led from PotosГ and Oruro to Lima the full name of the city was originally Nuestra SeГ±ora de La Paz (meaning Our Lady of Peace) in commemoration of the restoration of peace following the insurrection of Gonzalo Pizarro and fellow conquistadors against the first viceroy of Peru. Due to its altitude, La Paz has an unusual subtropical highland climate, with rainy summers and dry winters. At an elevation of roughly 3,650В m (11,975В ft) above sea level, La Paz is the highest capital city in the world. Its peaks are always snow-covered and can be seen from many parts of the city. Overlooking the city is the towering, triple-peaked Illimani. It is in a bowl-like depression, part of the Amazon basin, surrounded by the high mountains of the Altiplano.

The city, in west-central Bolivia 68В km (42В mi) southeast of Lake Titicaca, is set in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River. It is also the capital of the La Paz Department. Its metropolitan area, which is formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca makes up the second most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.0В million, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a population of 2.3В million. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bolivia. La Paz ( UK: / l Г¦ Л€ p Г¦ z/ la- PAZ, US: / l Й‘Лђ Л€ p Й‘Лђ z, - Л€ p Й‘Лђ s/ lah- PAHZ, -вЃ PAHSS, Spanish: ), officially known as Nuestra SeГ±ora de La Paz ( Spanish pronunciation: English: Our Lady of Peace), and also Chuqi Yapu in Aymara, is the seat of government as well as the legislative and executive capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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