La Paz - ClearSpot score: 100%
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About this place: La Paz
La Paz (Spanish: ; lit. 'peace'), officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the seat of government of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, it is the third-most populous city in Bolivia. Its metropolitan area, which includes the neighboring city of El Alto, and other smaller towns, is the second most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.2 million, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a population of 2.3 million. The city is also the capital of the department of the same name. Located in west-central Bolivia 68 km (42 mi) southeast of Lake Titicaca, La Paz is set in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River. It is in a bowl-like depression, part of the Amazon basin, surrounded by the high mountains of the Altiplano. Overlooking the city is the triple-peaked Illimani. Its peaks are always snow-covered and can be seen from many parts of the city. At an elevation of roughly 3,650 m (11,975 ft) above sea level, La Paz is the highest administrative capital city in the world. Due to its altitude, the city has an unusual subtropical highland climate, with rainy summers and dry winters. La Paz was founded on 20 October 1548, by the Spanish conquistador Captain Alonso de Mendoza, at the site of the Inca settlement of Laja as a connecting point between the commercial routes that led from Potosí and Oruro to Lima; the full name of the city was originally Nuestra Señora de La Paz (meaning Our Lady of Peace) in commemoration of the restoration of peace following the insurrection of Gonzalo Pizarro and fellow conquistadors against the first Viceroy of Peru. The city was later moved to its present location in the valley of Chuquiago Marka. La Paz was under Spanish colonial rule as part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, before Bolivia gained independence. Since its founding, the city was the site of numerous revolts. In 1781, the indigenous leader and independence activist Túpac Katari laid siege to the city for a total of six months, but was finally defeated. On 16 July 1809, the Bolivian patriot Pedro Domingo Murillo ignited a revolution for independence, marking the beginning of the Spanish American Wars of Independence, which gained the freedom of South American states in 1821. As the seat of the government of Bolivia, La Paz is the site of the Palacio Quemado, the...
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Key facts: La Paz
- ClearSpot score: 100% (all clear)
- Country: Bolivia
- Population: 2,004,652
- Main environmental signal: mixed signals
- Wind turbines nearby: None documented within default radius
- Data last updated:
ClearSpot score
100%
Based on available open data, La Paz shows low modelled environmental pressure across all tracked modules at default ClearSpot sensitivity thresholds.
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Environmental indicators
| Module | Score | What this means |
|---|---|---|
| Wind turbines | 0% | Wind turbine data shows no documented installations within the default 1.5 km sensitivity radius for this location. |
| Pollen | 0% | No significant pollen pressure detected within default ClearSpot thresholds for the current reference period. |
| Air quality | 0% | Air quality data shows no documented exceedance of default sensitivity thresholds at this pin. |
| Noise | 0% | No major strategic noise sources are documented within default ClearSpot sensitivity thresholds for this location. |
| Light pollution | 0% | Light pollution data shows no significant radiance pressure within default ClearSpot thresholds for this location. |
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FAQ - La Paz
Is this place healthy to live?
The overall ClearSpot score for La Paz is 100% (computed on 2026-04-28 11:49:43). No significant environmental pressure detected. This represents a city-centre average; pollution, noise, and other factors can vary significantly across different parts of the city.
What is air quality like here?
ClearSpot air quality data for La Paz: burden score 0%. No documented exceedance of WHO 2021 guidelines was detected in the reference period. Data is sourced from official open monitoring networks and refreshed monthly.
Are there wind turbines nearby?
Documents no wind turbines near La Paz according to ClearSpot's database. Pressure score: 0% at default settings. Note that data coverage varies by country - see the wind data guide for source reliability in Bolivia.
How noisy is it?
ClearSpot's noise module rates La Paz at 0% burden. This is based on European strategic noise maps (EEA, END Directive 2002/49/EC) and modelled road noise from OpenStreetMap infrastructure. No major strategic noise sources are mapped within the default sensitivity radius.
La Paz - Bolivia
La Paz ranks 1st out of 133 scored cities in Bolivia on ClearSpot. It currently leads the national ranking.
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