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 | |
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.
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
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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 |
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| Leonel Cota Montaño | 1996–1998 | PRI
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| Ramón Donato Ojeda Carrillo | 1998–1999 | PRI
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Acting municipal president |
| Alfredo Porras Domínguez | 1999–2002 |
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Democratic and Labor Coalition |
| Víctor Manuel Guluarte Castro | 2002–2005 |
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| Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío | 2005–2008 | PRD
Convergencia
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Sudcalifornian Democratic Coalition (Coalición Democrática Sudcaliforniana) |
| Rosa Delia Cota Montaño | 2008–2011 | PRD
Convergencia PT
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Coalition for the Good of Sudcalifornia |
| Esthela Ponce Beltrán | 2011–2014 | PRI
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Coalition "United for BCS" |
| Francisco Javier Monroy Sánchez | 2014–2015 | PRI
PVEM
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Coalition "United for BCS". Acting municipal president |
| Armando Martínez Vega | 2015–2018 | PAN
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| Rubén Gregorio Muñoz Álvarez | 2018–2021 |
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| Milena Paola Quiroga Romero [6] | 2021– | Morena
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See also
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Los Municipios con Mayor y Menor Extensión Territorial Archived 2007-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Instituto Nacional Para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB (Mexico.) Accessed on line 15-II-2008.
- ^ "Poblacion Por Municipio, Superficie, Densidad De Poblacion" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-06-17. Archived 2018-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tabulados básicos - descarga". Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ a b 2020 La Paz Census
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Baja California Sur. La Paz" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Instituto Estatal Electoral de Baja California Sur (IEEBCS). Ayuntamientos. Votos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
External links
- (in Spanish) Official Ayuntamiento de La Paz website (La Paz Municipality)—(in Spanish)
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