Bolivia – La Paz – Travel – Jim Rogers World Adventure
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- On : Jul 21, 2010
Leading economic expert Jim Rogers traveled to 150 countries over 150,000 miles in three years – follow his adventures here on FentonReport.
In this video Jim and Paige visit La Paz, Bolivia.
Copyright Jim Rogers – provided as a special contribution to The Fenton Report. http://www.fentonreport.com
Nuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department. As of the 2001 census, the city of La Paz had a population of 789,585, and together with the neighboring cities of El Alto and Viacha, make the biggest urban area of Bolivia, with a population of over 1.6 million inhabitants (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica).
Also known as Chuquiago Marka or Chuqiyapu from Aymara: “chuqi” = gold, “yapu” = farm.