Puerto Pérez Explained

Official Name:Puerto Perez
Native Name:Ch'ililaya
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Coordinates:-16.2847°N -68.6008°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:La Paz Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Los Andes Province
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Puerto Pérez Municipality
Established Title:Foundation
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:President
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Total:549
Population As Of:2001
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4

Puerto Perez or Ch'ililaya (Aymara) is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Puerto Pérez Municipality, the fourth municipal section of the Los Andes Province.

Historically Chililaya or ch'ililaya has been an important via of connection with La Paz city, in 1879 this location, according with the historian and biographer Nicolas Acosta has been denominated as "La Carretera".

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