Time zone MST (UTC−7) Population 251,871 (2010) | Area 20,275 km² | |
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Points of interest Museo Regional de Antrop, Playa Balandra, Malecon kiosk, Rancho San Rafael, Jardín Velasco Colleges and Universities Autonomous University of Baja C, Instituto Tecnológico de La Paz, Centro de Investigaciones Biológica | ||
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. It had a population of 251,871 inhabitants in the 2010 census. Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.
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Map of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Demographics
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 251,871.
As of 2010, the city of La Paz had a population of 215,178. Other than the city of La Paz, the municipality had 1,749 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Todos Santos (5,148), El Centenario (4,696), classified as urban, and El Pescadero (2,338), Chametla (2,178), Colonia Calafia (1,690), Melitón Albáñez Domínguez (1,588), and Los Barriles (1,174), classified as rural.