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The Best Attractions In La Paz

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La Paz , officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz , also named Chuqi Yapu in Aymara, is the seat of government and the de facto national capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia . With an estimated 789,541 residents as of 2015, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bolivia .Its metropolitan area, which is formed by La Paz, El Alto and Viacha, makes up the most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.3 million. It is also the capital of the La Paz Department. The city, located in west-central Bolivia 68 km southeast of Lake Titicaca, is set in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River. It is located in a bowl-like depression ...
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  • 1. Tiwanaku La Paz
    Tiwanaku is a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia near Lake Titicaca and one the largest sites in the South America. Surface remains currently cover around 4 square kilometers and include decorated ceramics, monumental structures, and megalithic blocks. The site's population probably peaked around AD 800 with 10,000 to 20,000 people.The site was first recorded in written history in 1549 by Spanish conquistador Pedro Cieza de León while searching for the southern Inca capital of Qullasuyu.
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  • 3. Yungas Road La Paz
    The North Yungas Road is a road leading from La Paz to Coroico, 56 kilometres northeast of La Paz in the Yungas region of Bolivia. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank named it as the world's most dangerous road. In 2006, one estimate stated that 200 to 300 travellers were killed yearly along the road. The road includes cross markings on many of the spots where vehicles have fallen.The South Yungas Road connects La Paz to Chulumani, 64 kilometres east of La Paz, and is considered to be nearly as dangerous as the North Road.
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  • 5. Mi Teleferico La Paz
    Mi Teleférico , also known as Teleférico La Paz–El Alto , is an aerial cable car urban transit system serving the La Paz–El Alto metropolitan area in Bolivia. As of September 2018, the system consists of 25 stations along eight lines: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, White, Sky Blue, and Purple. Another three lines are in planning or construction: Brown, Silver, and Gold.Upon the completion of the 10-kilometre Phase One in 2014, the system was considered to be the longest aerial cable car system in the world. Based on its master plan, the completed system, which is being built by the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group, is intended to reach a length of 33.8 km with 11 lines and 30 stations. While other urban transit cable cars like Medellín's Metrocable complement existing rapid transit sys...
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  • 7. Huayna Potosi La Paz
    Huayna Potosí is a mountain in Bolivia, located near El Alto and about 25 km north of La Paz in the Cordillera Real. Huayna Potosí is the closest high mountain to La Paz. Surrounded by high mountains, it is roughly 15 miles due north of the city, which makes this mountain the most popular climb in Bolivia. The normal ascent route is a fairly straightforward glacier climb, with some crevasses and a steep climb to the summit. However, the other side of the mountain -- Huayna Potosí West Face -- is the biggest face in Bolivia. Several difficult snow and ice routes ascend this 1000 meter high face. The first ascent of the normal route was undertaken in 1919 by Germans Rudolf Dienst and Adolf Schulze. Some climbing books report this mountain as the easiest 6000er in the world, but this claim...
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  • 9. Muela del Diablo La Paz
    The Muela del Diablo, 'Chris,' or 'Christopher' is an iconic feature of the La Paz landscape in Bolivia. The feature is a volcanic neck, which is the solidified core of an extinct volcano, the rest of which has eroded or washed away.
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  • 10. La Cumbre La Paz
    La Paz Municipality is the capital municipality and one of the five municipalities of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its seat is La Paz.
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  • 12. Cotapata National Park La Paz
    Cotapata National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area is a protected area in the Yungas of La Paz Department, Bolivia. It is situated in the northwest of the department, in the Nor Yungas and Murillo provinces in the Coroico and La Paz Municipalities, about 50 km away from the city of La Paz. The national park covers approximately 40% of the total area.
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