La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur
La Paz | |
|---|---|
 Seaside of La Paz | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of municipality in Baja California Sur | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Baja California Sur |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Víctor Castro Cosío (PRD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 20,274.98 km2 (7,828.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 290,286 [1] |
| Data source: INEGI | |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Pacific (US Mountain)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (Pacific) |
| Website | Template:Es icon Ayuntamiento de La Paz |
| Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | |
La Paz is a municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Its area of 20,275 km² (7,828.2 sq mi) makes it the municipality in Mexico with the fourth-largest area.[2] It had a population of 290,286 inhabitants in the 2015 census.[1] Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 51,521 | — |
| 1980 | 130,427 | +153.2% |
| 1990 | 160,970 | +23.4% |
| 1995 | 182,418 | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 196,907 | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 219,596 | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 251,871 | +14.7% |
| 2015 | 290,286 | +15.3% |
| [3] | ||
As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 290,286. [1]
As of 2015, the city of La Paz had a population of 244,219.[1] Other than the city of La Paz, the municipality had 1,749 localities, the largest of which (with 2015 populations in brackets) were: Todos Santos (6,485), El Centenario (6,068), classified as urban, and El Pescadero (3,151), Chametla (2,734), Colonia Calafia (2,064), Melitón Albáñez Domínguez (2,140), and Los Barriles (1,174), classified as rural.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Poblacion Por Municipio, Superficie, Densidad De Poblacion" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-06-17.
- ^ Template:Es icon Los Municipios con Mayor y Menor Extensión Territorial Archived 2007-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB (Mexico.) Accessed on line 15-II-2008.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "La Paz". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
External links
| State of Baja California Sur | ||
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La Paz (capital) | ||
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| Municipalities and municipal seats | ||
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