Desaguadero
Desaguadero is a border region between Bolivia and Peru, on the shore of Lake Titicaca. Both tiny Bolivian and Peruvian towns bear the same name. Crossing independently through Desaguadero is often the cheapest way to travel between the two countries.Photo: FrenchAvatar, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Localities in the Area
Desaguadero Municipality
Desaguadero Municipality is the fourth municipal section of Ingavi Province in La Paz Department, Bolivia.Desaguadero
- Type: Residential area
- Description: border town of Peru
- Categories: city and border city
- Location: La Paz, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-16.5688° or 16° 34' 8" southLongitude
-69.0306° or 69° 1' 50" westElevation
3,751 metres (12,306 feet)Open Location Code
57MGCXJ9+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 419587316OpenStreetMap Feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
3918477Wikidata ID
Q1200491Desaguadero Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Asturian: Desaguadero
- Aymara: Huchusuma
- Aymara: Risawariru
- Cebuano: Desaguadero
- Chinese: 德萨瓜德罗
- Chinese: 德薩瓜德羅
- Croatian: Desaguadero
- Dutch: Desaguadero
- English: Desaguadero, Bolivia-Peru
- French: Desaguadero
- German: Desaguadero
- Persian: دساگادرو (بولیوی-پرو)
- Persian: دساگادرو
- Polish: Desaguadero (Boliwia)
- Portuguese: Desaguadero
- Quechua: Chaka Marka
- Quechua: Chakamarka
- Serbo-Croatian: Desaguadero
- Spanish: Desaguadero
- Swedish: Desaguadero
Other Places Named Desaguadero
Localities in the Area
- Desaguadero, PeruTown
- VizcachaniNeighbourhood
- TitijoniVillage
- Patani CarancasHamlet
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