La Paz is a municipality in 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 290,286 inhabitants in the 2015 census.[2] Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.
La Paz | |
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 Promenade of La Paz | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of municipality in Baja California Sur | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Baja California Sur |
| Municipal seat and largest city | La Paz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Milena Paola Quiroga Romero (MORENA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20,274.98 km2 (7,828.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 292,241 |
| • 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 | |
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 272,711 | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 292,241 | +7.2% |
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As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 292,241.[4] The city of La Paz had a population of 250,241. Other than the city of La Paz, the municipality had 1,018 localities, the largest of which (with 2020 populations in brackets) were: Todos Santos (7,185 hab.), El Centenario (6,221 hab.), classified as urban, and El Pescadero (4,245 hab.), Chametla (3,045 hab.), Melitón Albáñez Domínguez (2,409 hab.) and Los Barriles (1,674 hab.), classified as rural.[4]
Government
Municipal presidents
| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
| Alfonso González Ojeda[5] | 1972–1974 | PRI  | |
| Jorge Santa Ana González | 1975–1977 | PRI | |
| Francisco Cardoza Macías | 1978–1980 | PRI | |
| Matías Amador Moyrón | 1981–1983 | PRI | |
| J. Enrique V. Ortega Romero | 1984–1986 | PRI | |
| José Carlos Cota Osuna | 1987–1989 | PRI | |
| Antonio Wilson González | 1990–1993 | PRI | |
| Adán Rufo Velarde | 1993–1996 | PAN .svg){kind=logo} | |
| Leonel Cota Montaño | 1996–1998 | PRI | |
| Ramón Donato Ojeda Carrillo | 1998–1999 | PRI | Acting municipal president |
| Alfredo Porras Domínguez | 1999–2002 | PRD .svg){kind=logo} PT .svg){kind=logo} | Democratic and Labor Coalition |
| Víctor Manuel Guluarte Castro | 2002–2005 | PRD Convergencia .svg){kind=logo} | |
| 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 .svg){kind=small} | 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 .svg){kind=logo} | |
| Rubén Gregorio Muñoz Álvarez | 2018–2021 | Morena  PES .svg){kind=small} | |
| Milena Paola Quiroga Romero[6] | 2021– | Morena |
See also
References
External links
- (in Spanish) Official Ayuntamiento de La Paz website (La Paz Municipality)—(in Spanish)
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