General Information 

* Location: Located in western Nicaragua belonging to the administrative jurisdiction of the department of Leon. 

* Territorial Extension: 606 km2 is the fourth in territorial extension and the third most densely populated municipalities of Leon. 

* Founded: January 8 of 1653 under the name of San Nicolas Solis Valley, to avoid problems that occur to people who traveled from Leon to Granada or Nagarote, as when passing through here were attacked by Indians and also had nowhere to stay. 

* Founder: Andres Mendez of Abrieto. 

*Territorial Limit: North: Municipality of Malpaisillo, south with the municipality of Nagarote, east: Xolotlan lake and town of El Jicaral and West: Municipality of Leon. 

* Population: 33,747 inhabitants (23,056 to 10,688 in the urban and rural) 

* Economy: The municipality of La Paz Centro is a commercial zone, and agricultural livestock. grown: sesame, beans, corn, watermelon, sorghum, soybeans and cassava. tional work in the craft: ceramics, wood, mud and palm. industry is composed of salt production, power generation and production of fresh cheeses.
 
* Basic services: health, education, potable water, electricity, telecommunications, garbage collection and transportation. 

* Annual average temperature: 26 ° C 

* Annual Precipitation: 800 to 1300 mm 

* Average Height: 1.34 m above the Sea.