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Founded in 1548 by Alonso de Mendoza at the site of the Native American settlement called Chuquiago , the full name of the city was originally Nuestra Señora de La Paz (meaning Our Lady of Peace). The name commemorated the restoration of peace following the insurrection of Gonzalo Pizarro and fellow conquistadors two years earlier against Blasco Núñez Vela, the first viceroy of Peru. In 1825, after the decisive victory of the republicans at AyacuchoAyacucho is the capital of the department of Ayacucho in Peru. The origin of the name Ayacucho is said to come from words in Quechua that mean "city of the dead". The city of Ayacucho is located in the central sierra of Peru, 2,761 metres above sea level. over the Spanish army in the course of the South American Wars of IndependenceThe South American Wars of Independence were fought in the 1810s and 1820s by colonies of Spain and Portugal that desired to break free from the nations that ruled them. The wars were fueled by a philosophy known as " nativism" that espoused the unificati, the city's full name was changed to La Paz de Ayacucho (meaning The Peace of Ayacucho).
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The city is situated in a chasm below a plateau at an altitude of 3600m alongside the La Paz river. On the plateau is the city of El Alto ; the international airport is also located there.
As of the 2001 census, the city of La Paz had a population of about one million.