La Paz Department, Catamarca

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| name = La Paz

| native_name = Departamento La Paz

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| settlement_type = Department

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| image_map = Departamento_La_Paz_(Catamarca_-_Argentina).png

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| map_caption = location of La Paz Department in Catamarca Province

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| coordinates = {{coord|29|16|S|65|02|W|region:AR_type:adm2nd}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Argentina

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| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1875

| founder = Octaviano Navarro

| seat_type = Seat

| seat = Recreo

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Ángel Faustino Lazarte, FCS

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 8,149

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| population_total = 21,061

| population_as_of = {{census-ar|2001}}

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = lapacense

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| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = K5260

| postal2_code_type = IFAM

| postal2_code = [http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/municipios/masinfo.php?municipio=CAT023 CAT023]

| area_code_type = Area Code

| area_code = 03832

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| website ={{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20061219231538/http://www.camsencat.gov.ar/lapaz.html}}

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La Paz is a department located in the south of Catamarca Province in Argentina.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 21,061 inhabitants in an area of {{cvt|8,149|km2}}, and its capital city is Recreo, which is located around {{cvt|980|km}} from the Capital federal.