La Paz is a village in the
Colonia Department
Colonia () is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city.
Weather
Colonia has an annual average temperature of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). In winter it has an average temperat ...
of southwestern
Uruguay
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Geography
The village is located on Route 52, south of
Route 1
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. It is about southwest of
Colonia Valdense and southwest of
Nueva Helvecia
Nueva Helvecia is a city in Colonia Department of Uruguay.
Nueva Helvecia (Spanish for "New Helvetia"; formerly known as Colonia Suiza) is west of Montevideo, the capital and largest city of Uruguay. It is a few kilometres from the coast where th ...
.
History
This village was established in 1858 as a
Waldensian colony.
Population
In 2011 La Paz had a population of 603.
Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay''
Places of worship
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Waldensian Evangelical Church (
Waldensians
The Waldensians (also known as Waldenses (), Vallenses, Valdesi or Vaudois) are adherents of a church tradition that began as an ascetic movement within Western Christianity before the Reformation.
Originally known as the "Poor Men of Lyon" in ...
)
[Colonia Valdense](_blank)
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Holy Cross Chapel (
Roman Catholic
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References
External links
INE map of La Paz
Populated places in the Colonia Department
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