La Paz | |
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Top: Balandra Beach ; Middle: Todos Santos, Our Lady of Peace Cathedral: La Paz Promenade, San José Island | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Baja California Sur |
Municipal seat and largest city | La Paz |
Government | |
• Mayor | Milena Paola Quiroga Romero (MORENA) |
Area | |
• Total | 33,092.20 km2 (12,776.97 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 292,241 |
• Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
• Seat | 250,141 |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Pacific (US Mountain)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (Pacific) |
Website | (in Spanish) Ayuntamiento de La Paz |
Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |
La Paz is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Its area of 20,275 km2 (7,828 sq mi) makes it the municipality in Mexico with the fourth-largest area.[1] It had a population of 290,286 inhabitants in the 2015 census.[2] Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.