La Paz (municipality)

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name = La Paz
settlement_type = Municipality
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map_caption = Location of municipality in Baja California Sur
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leader_title = Municipal president
leader_name = Víctor Castro Cosío (PRD)
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population_total = 219596
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timezone = MST
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website=es icon [http://www.lapaz.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento de La Paz]
footnotes=Source: [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/bajasur/municipios/03003a.htm 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. [es icon [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/ELOC_Municipios_de_mayor_y_menor_extension_territo Los Municipios con Mayor y Menor Extensión Territorial] , Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB (Mexico.) Accessed on line 15-II-2008.] It had a population of 219,596 inhabitants in the 2005 census. [es icon [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from the 2005 Census] , Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Accessed on line 15-II-2008.] Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.

Communities

*Cabo Pulmo
*Chametla
*El Centenario
*El Pescadero
*La Paz
*Los Frailes
*Todos Santos

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.lapaz.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento de La Paz] Official website