La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur

La Paz
Municipality

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
 • Municipality 20,274.98 km2 (7,828.21 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Municipality 251,871
 • Density 12/km2 (32/sq mi)
 • Urban 225,022
  Data source: INEGI
Time zone MST (UTC−7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC−6)
Website (Spanish) 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.[1] It had a population of 251,871 inhabitants in the 2010 census.[2] Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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%
[3]

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 251,871.[4]

As of 2010, the city of La Paz had a population of 215,178.[4] 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.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) 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.
  2. ↑ (Spanish) 2010 Census data, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Accessed on line 15-II-2008.
  3. ↑ http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/TabuladosBasicos/LeerArchivo.aspx?ct=993&c=16762&s=est&f=1
  4. 1 2 3 "La Paz". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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