Editing La Paz County, Arizona (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|4,514|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|4500|mi2|km2|abbr=on}} is land and {{convert|14|mi2|km2|abbr=on}} (0.3%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 23, 2015|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

The area that now makes up La Paz County was formerly part of Yuma County.

===Flora and fauna===
[[File:HadjiAliMonument20080707.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Hi Jolly]] monument near Quartzsite]]
La Paz County hosts a variety of flora and fauna.<ref>Forrest Shreve and Ira Loren Wiggins. 1964. ''Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert'', pp. 50 et seq., Stanford University Press, 1740 pages {{ISBN|978-0804701631}}</ref> The [[endangered]] [[California Fan Palm]], ''[[Washingtonia filifera]]'' grows in a few spots in the county.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=90942 ''California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930184850/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=90942 |date=September 30, 2009 }}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Mohave County, Arizona|Mohave County]] – north
* [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai County]] – northeast
* [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]] – east
* [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma County]] – south
* [[Imperial County, California]] – southwest
* [[Riverside County, California]] – west
* [[San Bernardino County, California]] – northwest

===National protected areas===
* [[Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Cibola National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Imperial National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Kofa National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)