Bolivia's largest city, it was founded in 1548 on the site of an Inca village
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La Paz, city, Bolivia - Infoplease  La Paz , city , W Bolivia, administrative capital and largest city of Bolivia. ... The site, where there was an Inca village, was chosen by Alonso de Mendoza in 1548 because it offered a modicum of protection in winter from the wind and cold of ... Its Univ. of San Andrs was founded in 1830, and a Catholic university in 1966.
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English-French translation :: La Paz :: Dictionary - Add to favorites!  Founded in 1548 by the Spanish on the site of an Inca village, it was originally ... La Paz is Bolivia's largest city and, at between 10, 650 and 13, 250 feet (3, 250...
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La Paz | national administrative capital, Bolivia | Britannica.com  Founded in 1548 as Nuestra Seora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace) by the ... on the site of an Inca village, the city was renamed La Paz de Ayacucho in 1825, ... La Paz is one of Bolivia's largest cities and the center of industry, commerce,...
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History of La Paz - Wikipedia  La Paz was founded in 1548 by the Spanish conquistadors at the site of the Native American ... Government Palace of Bolivia in downtown La Paz ... The city was later moved to its present location in the valley of Chuquiago Marka. Control over the former Inca lands had been entrusted to Pedro de la Gasca by the Spanish...
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La Paz, Bolivia - The Free Dictionary  The administrative capital and largest city of Bolivia, in the western part of the ... Built on the site of an Inca village, it is the highest capital in the world, lying at an ... the country's largest city; founded in 1548 by the Spaniards; university (1830).
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Supreme Court of Bolivia - Wikipedia  The Supreme Court of Bolivia was the Bolivia's highest court from 1825 to 2012. It was located in Sucre, 410 kilometres to the south-east of La Paz, Bolivia's ... La Plata de los Charcas) of imperial Spain into the Supreme Court of the newly independent country. ... Not logged in; Talk  Contributions  Create account  Log in...
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Jesuits Found So Paulo  Today the Largest City in South America ...  May 9, 2016 ... Jesuits Found So Paulo  Today the Largest City in South America  1554 on History.info | So Paulo was founded on the day the ... So Paulo was founded by Jesuit priests, who celebrated their first mass there precisely on this day in 1554. Most famous among the Jesuit founders of So Paulo were the...
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How Bolivia Lost Its Hat - The New York Times  Apr 3, 2012 ... Latin America's largest landlocked country and its slow, self-inflicted diminution. ... The Acre territory would become a state in 1962. ... 1904 agreement with Chile cemented Bolivia's loss of its Litoral province, leaving it coastless. ... A festering dispute over the Atacama Desert [12] was the fuse that lighted...
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Free Flashcards about ARCHAEOLOGY - StudyStack  IN 1911 EXPLORER HIRAM BINGHAM DISCOVERED THIS 15TH-C. INCAN ROYAL CITY THAT LIES 50 MILES NW OF CUSCO, MACHU PICCHU. THE TERM...
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Bolivia Facts, Bolivia Flag -- National Geographic  Get Bolivia facts and information and see the Bolivian flag in this country profile from ... Population: 8,922,000; Capital: La Paz (administrative); 1,477,000Sucre ... Bolivia has a second capital at Sucre, named after its first president, where the...
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Machu Picchu - Wikipedia  Machu Picchu or Machu Pikchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel situated on a mountain ridge ... Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas" (a title more ... In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the ... In 1911 American historian and explorer Hiram Bingham travelled the region...
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La Paz - New World Encyclopedia  La Paz was built in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River (now mostly ... made Bolivia part of their huge empire until the Spanish conquest in 1538. ... The city of La Paz was founded on October 20, 1548, as a commercial city, lying on the .... Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America.
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City of Cuzco - UNESCO World Heritage Centre  in countries ... Situated in the Peruvian Andes, Cuzco developed, under the Inca ruler .... important for its population's customs and traditions, many of which still keep ... and most buildings from the ancient Inca Empire capital and the Viceroyalty. ... The Ministry of Culture and the Provincial Municipality of Cuzco are mainly...
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View Full Itinerary - Tauck  One of the best preserved of the Inca settlements, this living museum reveals much .... Board the Andean Explorer for a highlight of Tauck's Peru tour  a ... Begun on the site of an existing Aymara village, La Paz was founded in 1548 by Spaniards. The highest capital city in the world above sea level, La Paz is also home to...
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How Bolivia Lost Its Hat - The New York Times  Apr 3, 2012 ... Latin America's largest landlocked country and its slow, self-inflicted diminution. ... The Acre territory would become a state in 1962. ... The loss was a result of the War of the Pacific, which ran from 1879 to 1883 and is more ... Chile and Bolivia remain frosty neighbors, and over a century after the so-called...
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Country Guide: BOLIVIA (washingtonpost.com)  Despite the harsh conditions the altiplano is the population center of Bolivia. ... This region, world famous for its breathtaking scenery, was the home of one of the ... the days of the Inca; the region was the home of the great Tihuanaco empire.
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Machu Picchu - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com  machu picchu, ancient inca city, peru, unesco world heritage site, 1983, ... For hundreds of years, until the American archaeologist Hiram Bingham ... Valley, where a local farmer told them of some ruins located at the top of a nearby mountain. ... The Lost City of the Incas, sending hordes of eager tourists flocking to Peru to...
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Settlement and Development of the Upper Amazon: The East ... - JStor  Tinnermeier, "New Land Settlement in the Eastern Lowlands of Colombia," .... Bolivia, trails were extended from La Paz to the Yungas and beyond, and new ..... for solving many of the country's rural social and economic problems, such as the ... the Chapare-Chimore region with 8,163 settlers results from its heavy precipita-.
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Cities and resorts of Albania  Established as early as in 1614 the city of Tirana is the capital of Albania since 1920. The best place to see the city is the large Skanderbeg square. ... This one of the most ancient towns of Albania, the center of the Albanian Catholicism,...
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Temple Ruins Found Under Lake Titicaca - Labyrinthina  A terrace for crops and a pre-Incan road with a 2600 feet long containing wall ... We've found what appears to have been a 660 long, 160 feet wide holy ... area of the lake between the town of Copacabana and the Islands of the Sun ... on the border between Bolivia and Peru, and is the highest navigable lake in the world.
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Luanda - Wikipedia  Luanda, formerly named So Paulo da Assuno de Loanda, is the capital and largest city in ... It has a metropolitan population of over 6 million. ... Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais founded Luanda on 25 January 1576 as "So ..... In 2007, the first modern shopping mall in Angola was established in the city at...