Municipality of La Paz
The municipality of La Paz is also the departmental capital of the Department of La Paz .
Inhabitants from the former curacy of Cururú relocated to this site in 1750, and it was known as «Valle de Las Piedras» (Valley of the Stones). In the ecclesiastical census of 1791, it was affiliated with the curacy of Ajuterique.
In 1821, it was granted municipality status. On September 14, 1848, it was given the status of a town with its current name. When the La Paz Department was created on May 28, 1869, it was declared as the departmental capital.
General Information about La Paz
Origin of its name: Probably alluding to the state that human beings should aspire to and strive for. The Virgin of Sorrows is also known as the Virgin of La Paz.
- Territorial area: 207.50 km2
- Population: 43,703 inhabitants (2012)
- Date of creation: 1821
- Patronal festival: June 24, day of St. John the Baptist; Our Lady of Sorrows, in the month of December
- Villages and hamlets: 8 villages and 82 hamlets
- Elevation: 378 meters above sea level
Main Economic Activity
Cultivation of basic grains, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, watermelon, melon, grapes, and vegetables; raising of cattle, horses, goats, sheep, and pigs; poultry farming.
Location
It is located between mountains and hills in the foothills of the Montecillos Mountain Range, at the level of the Comayagua Valley.
Limits
- North: municipalities of Ajuterique and Lejamaní (both in Comayagua)
- South: municipalities of San Sebastián and Humuya (both in Comayagua)
- East: municipalities of Cañe and Villa de San Antonio (Comayagua)
- West: municipalities of San Pedro de Tutule and Santiago Puringla
