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Historical center of La Paz (Chuquiyapu)

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Nuestra Señora de La Paz or Chuquiyapu ("chuqui", 'gold', "yapu", 'farm') is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of 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 the canyon of the Choqueyapu River below a plateau with an altitude of 3,600 meters (11,811 feet). Atop the plateau is the city of El Alto, where the international airport is located. Transportation links between the two cities has improved in recent years. The city is located at 16°30' South, 68°8' West (-16.5, -68.1333). Its name is translated into English as "Our Lady of Peace"
La Paz is renowned for its unique markets, very unusual topography, and traditional culture. It is the capital of a country that is often referred to as the "Tibet of the Americas".

La Paz Skyline
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 Our Lady of Peace). The name commemorated the restoration of peace following the 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 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 remaining the nominal capital only. This change reflected the shift of the Bolivian economy away from the largely exhausted silver 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.
La Paz is the highest capital city in the world, and is home to the world's highest golf course. The air is so thin that a well-hit shot will travel several metres farther than at sea level.
The main road from La Paz to the Yungas was named the 'World's most dangerous road'. With hundreds of casualties yearly on only a 50 miles stretch.
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  • apu sagrado

  • NO a la caza de ballenas en bolivia!!! hay que detener esta Masacre!!

  • I miss my country so much!!!

  • Eyy kolapso1 soy boliviano, oriundo de Potosí, te digo que tú eres la persona menos indicada para calificar de ignorante al boliviano, no puedes generalizar a todos por igual. A ver si aprendes a escribir correctamente antes de criticar y joder a los demás, me parece que no sabes lo que es una tilde, o es que en tu país no te enseñaron, o el único ignorante ridículo aquí eres tú.

  • Y a quien le interesa lo que piensa europa? A mi solo me interesa lo que puede pensar un cambinga un poco confundido, xq comparte la misma tierra que yo, pero vos quedate tranquilo donde estas chiquilin...

  • Y a usted quien le ha dicho que es juez para juzgar a los indios. Porque no te asocias al partido de Hitler..ya que tienes tanto odio. No eres bien benido en esta video...debes ir a ver videos de tu raza.

  • El cambinga y Walter son del mismo pais. Que discusion mas ridicula, ambos son un pais subdesarrollado y a ojos de Europa cambas y collas sois iguales.

    Ignorantes, especialmente el cambinga que parece mas ignorante por sus palabras.

    Bueno, eso nada ms amigos :P

  • Mira fernando, lamentablemente el tema es inmaduro e ignorante, estoy de acuerdo, no conozco tu procedencia, pero te pregunto los sig, el nazismo en alemania como lo calificas, de inmaduro e ignorante? Yo creo que si por lo menos, no? Bueno entonces lo que dice este muchacho q habla de indios y demas, solamente tenes q ir a santa cruz para ver que el 90% de la gente piensa asi. Bueno en realidad viendo que estas en francia se debe percibir el racismo como se aplica ahi.

  • Son un par de idiotas,perdiendo el tiempo hablando de racismo.Lo que importa es el nivel profesional,de que sirve un rubio o moreno:sin profesion,pobre y sin corazon.yo tengo 20 estudio medicina en Francia,les doy 15,me parecen inmaduros e ignorantes.

  • Que facil ganar la discusion a un vacío como vos, tenes q ser buen perdedor y reconocer q el colla de 1.20mts de altura te rompio el culo.

    Si hubiese nacido en rusia igual me sentiria orgulloso de ser colla, y de bailar 1 cueca y saya, y sumale el tango, cosa que vos no tenes la mas puta idea, xq debes bailar el rock de los europeos que t cogen el cerebro dia a dia.

    Slds a los abuelos de tu padre, q deben haber sido buena gente india, si se imaginaran la descendencia traidora que tuvieron.

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