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.[2] It had a population of 290,286 inhabitants in the 2015 census.[1] Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.
La Paz | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Promenade of La Paz | |
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![]() Location of municipality in Baja California Sur | |
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Government | |
• Municipal president | Rubén Muñoz (MORENA) |
Area | |
• Total | 20,274.98 km2 (7,828.21 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 290,286 [1] |
Data source: INEGI | |
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 |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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% |
2015 | 290,286 | +15.3% |
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As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 290,286.[1]
As of 2015, the city of La Paz had a population of 244,219.[1] Other than the city of La Paz, the municipality had 1,749 localities, the largest of which (with 2015 populations in brackets) were: Todos Santos (6,485), El Centenario (6,068), classified as urban, and El Pescadero (3,151), Chametla (2,734), Colonia Calafia (2,064), Melitón Albáñez Domínguez (2,140), and Los Barriles (1,174), classified as rural.[4]
Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
Alfonso González Ojeda[5] | 1972–1974 | PRI ![]() |
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Jorge Santa Ana González | 1975–1977 | PRI ![]() |
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Francisco Cardoza Macías | 1978–1980 | PRI ![]() |
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Matías Amador Moyrón | 1981–1983 | PRI ![]() |
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J. Enrique V. Ortega Romero | 1984–1986 | PRI ![]() |
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José Carlos Cota Osuna | 1987–1989 | PRI ![]() |
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Antonio Wilson González | 1990–1993 | PRI ![]() |
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Adán Rufo Velarde | 1993–1996 | PAN ![]() |
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Leonel Cota Montaño | 1996–1998 | PRI ![]() |
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Ramón Donato Ojeda Carrillo | 1998–1999 | PRI ![]() |
Acting municipal president |
Alfredo Porras Domínguez | 1999–2002 | PRD ![]() PT ![]() |
Democratic and Labor Coalition |
Víctor Manuel Guluarte Castro | 2002–2005 | PRD ![]() Convergencia ![]() |
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Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío | 2005–2008 | PRD ![]() Convergencia ![]() |
Sudcalifornian Democratic Coalition (Coalición Democrática Sudcaliforniana) |
Rosa Delia Cota Montaño | 2008–2011 | PRD ![]() Convergencia ![]() PT ![]() |
Coalition for the Good of Sudcalifornia |
Esthela Ponce Beltrán | 2011–2014 | PRI ![]() PVEM ![]() |
Coalition "United for BCS" |
Francisco Javier Monroy Sánchez | 2014–2015 | PRI ![]() PVEM ![]() |
Coalition "United for BCS". Acting municipal president |
Armando Martínez Vega | 2015–2018 | PAN ![]() Partido de Renovación Sudcaliforniana ![]() |
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Rubén Gregorio Muñoz Álvarez | 2018–2021 | Morena ![]() PES ![]() |
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Milena Paola Quiroga Romero[6] | 2021– | Morena ![]() |
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La Paz (capital) | ||
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