La Paz, Mendoza
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La Paz | |
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| San José de Corocorto | |
 Interactive map of La Paz | |
| Coordinates: 33°28′S 67°33′W / 33.467°S 67.550°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | Mendoza |
| Department | La Paz |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 11.931 |
| Demonym | Paceño/a |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| CPA base | M5590 |
| Dialing code | +54 2626 +54 2635 |
| Climate | BWk |
La Paz is a department in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, headquartered in the town of the same name, located 145 km (90 mi) from the provincial capital. It limits to the north with the Lavalle department, to the south with San Rafael, to the west with Santa Rosa and to the east with the province of San Luis.
The Department of La Paz is a strategic and fundamental site of Mercosur, as its territory is completely crossed by National Route 7 from East to West and by National Route 146. These two roads communicate the region with the rest of the country and are key in the integration of the Southern Common Market. It is the main entrance to the Province of Mendoza, through the Desaguadero Arch.
Population
- La Paz North
- La Paz South
- Desaguadero
- Villa Antigua
- Villa Nueva de La Paz
According to the 2010 Census, the department had a population of 9,867 inhabitants, which made it the least populated of the Mendoza departments.
Seismicity
This section is an excerpt from Provincia de Mendoza Seismicity.
The seismicity of the Cuyo area (central west of Argentina) is frequent and of very high intensity, with a seismic silence of medium to severe earthquakes every 20 years.3
Earthquake of 1861: although this catastrophic geological activity has occurred since prehistoric times, the earthquake of March 20, 1861 (162 years), with 12,000 deaths, 4 marked an important milestone in the history of Argentine seismic events since it was the strongest recorded and documented in the country. From then on, successive Mendoza and municipal governments have been taking extreme care and restricting construction codes.3 With the San Juan earthquake on January 15, 1944 (79 years old), the governments took notice of the enormous chronic severity of earthquakes region of.
1920 earthquake: 6.8 intensity, destroyed part of its buildings and opened numerous cracks in the area. There were 250 deaths from the destruction of adobe houses43
Earthquake in the south of Mendoza in 1929: very serious, and having not developed any preventive measure, despite only nine years having elapsed since the previous one, it killed 30 inhabitants due to the fall of adobe houses3
1985 earthquake: it was another serious episode,5 lasting 9 s, collapsing the old Hospital del Carmen de Godoy Cruz.
Since the department is located in the middle of the plain and not in the foothills or in the mountain range, it is relatively far from the epicenters of telluric movements and therefore the chances of suffering an earthquake in nearby areas are less than in other areas of the province, as well as the intensity of the perceived movements.
Religion
La Paz is one of the Mendoza departments with the highest rate of Catholic population (86.5%)
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