Mecapaca Municipality is the second municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Mecapaca. It is situated 28 km from the city of La Paz, the capital of the department and the seat of government for the country, and it stands at an elevation of 2,850 meters above sea level. According to the 2012 national census, the municipality of Mecapaca has a population of 16,027 inhabitants.
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- Mecapaca Municipality in the context of El Alto
- Mecapaca Municipality in the context of Mecapaca
Mecapaca Municipality in the context of El Alto
El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights") is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimated population of 943,558 in 2020. It is also the highest major city in the world, with an average elevation of 4,000 m (13,123 ft).
The El Alto–La Paz metropolitan area, formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca, constitutes the most populous urban area of Bolivia, with a population of about 2.2 million. The city is rapidly developing, although significant challenges with substandard infrastructure and utilities remain, especially in the outlying areas.
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Mecapaca is a location in the La Paz Department in western Bolivia. It is the administrative seat of the Mecapaca Municipality, the second municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province.
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