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La Paz Department, El Salvadori
Regional Level Types
La Paz DepartmentDepartment
El SalvadorCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Zacatecoluca39,613 (2012)
Santiago Nonualco9,490 (2012)
Olocuilta6,324 (2012)
El Rosario5,620 (2012)
San Pedro Masahuat2,654 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
131943
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:131943:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
La Paz, Salvador
German:
La Paz, El Salvador
Italian:
La Paz, El Salvador
Russian:
Ла-Пас, Сальвадор
Simplified Chinese:
拉巴斯省, 萨尔瓦多
Spanish:
La Paz, El Salvador
Arabic:
إدارة لاباز, السلفادور
Basque:
La Paz departamendua, El Salvador
Bengali:
লা পাজ বিভাগ, এল সালভাদোর
Bulgarian:
Ла Пас , Салвадор
Catalan:
departament de La Paz, El Salvador
Cebuano:
Departamento de La Paz, El Salvador
Danish:
La Paz Department, El Salvador
Dutch:
La Paz, El Salvador
Esperanto:
Departemento La Paz, Salvadoro
Finnish:
La Pazin depatermentti, El Salvador
Georgian:
ლა-პასის დეპარტამენტი, სალვადორი
Greek:
Διαμέρισμα Λα Παζ, Ελ Σαλβαδόρ
Gujarati:
લા પાઝ વિભાગ, અલ સાલ્વાડોર
Hebrew:
לה פאס, אל סלוודור
Hindi:
ला-पास, अल साल्वाडोर
Hungarian:
La Paz megye, Salvador
Indonesian:
Departemen La Paz, El Salvador
Japanese:
ラ・パス県 , エルサルバドル
Judaeo-Spanish:
La Paz, El Salvador
Kannada:
ಲಾ ಪಾಜ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ, ಎಲ್ ಸಾಲ್ವಡಾರ್
Korean:
라파스주, 엘살바도르
Latvian:
Lapaso departaments, Salvadora
Lithuanian:
La Paso departamentas, Salvadoras
Malay:
La Paz Department, El Salvador
Marathi:
ला पाझ विभाग, एल साल्वादोर
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
La Paz Koān , El Salvador
Nahuatl:
Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl La Paz, Cōzcatlān
Northern Frisian:
La Paz , El Salvador
Norwegian:
La Paz department, El Salvador
Occitan:
Departament de La Paz, Lo Salvador
Polish:
La Paz, Salwador
Portuguese:
La Paz, El Salvador
Quechua:
La Paz , Salwadur
Romanian:
Departamentul La Paz, El Salvador
Scots:
La Paz Depairtment, El Salvador
Sinhalese:
ලා ප්ලාස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, එල් සැල්ව‍ඩෝ
Swedish:
La Paz, El Salvador
Tamil:
லா பாஸ் துறை, எல் சால்வடோர்
Telugu:
లా పాజ్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్, ఎల్ సాల్వడార్
Thai:
จังหวัดลาปัซ, เอลซัลวาดอร์
Traditional Chinese:
拉巴斯省, 薩爾瓦多
Turkish:
Le Paz Departmanı, El Salvador
Ukrainian:
Ла-Пас , Сальвадор
Urdu:
لا پاز محکمہ , ایل سیلواڈور
Vietnamese:
Tỉnh La Paz, El Salvador


La Paz is a department of El Salvador in the south-central area of the country. The capital is Zacatecoluca. La Paz has an area of 1,228 km². The department was created in 1852.

Municipalities: Zacatecoluca, Cuyultitán, El Rosario, Jerusalén, Mercedes La Ceiba, Olocuilta, Paraíso de Osorio, San Antonio Masahuat, San Emigdio, San Francisco Chinameca, San Juan Nonualco, San Juan Talpa, San Juan Tepezontes, San Luis La Herradura, San Luis Talpa, San Miguel Tepezontes, San Pedro Masahuat, San Pedro Nonualco, San Rafael Obrajuelo, Santa María Ostuma, Santiago Nonualco, and Tapalhuaca.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz_Department_(El_Salvador)
Wikidata ID:Q1129788
GeoNames ID:3585087


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