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In October 2010, Peru granted Bolivia port facilities and a free-trade zone as part of larger series of agreements strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. Bolivia was granted about 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) of port facilities on a 99-year lease at the Port of Ilo on Peru's southern Pacific coast
Bolivia, [c] officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, [d] is a landlocked country located in central South America.The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities.
The port provided a great advantage to Bolivia, since the revenue from its customs office, not inconsiderable, half belonged to Bolivia. Furthermore, the Arica project went much further, since Andrés de Santa Cruz decreed that Arica would be a warehouse port to attract even more trade, with which he planned to end the supremacy of Valparaíso ...
Puerto Aguirre is an inland riverport in Bolivia near the border with Brazil. [1] It began operating on 11 September 1988. [2] It is privately held by Central Aguirre Ltd. It is part of the municipality of Puerto Quijarro. It is connected via the Tamengo Canal to the Paraguay/Parana waterway.
The port of Arica. Passenger train services on the Arica–La Paz railway ceased in 1996, but as of 2017 there were proposals to restart services from Arica as a tourist attraction (and for freight). [23] In 2011, Chile announced plans to privatise the Port of Arica. These were opposed by Bolivia, as Arica is its main sea port. [24]
Port of Cobija (1841) Cobija was included in maps of the Captaincy General of Chile in the 18th century, depending from the city of Copiapó. [3] In 1825, it was the main port of Bolivia due to the Potosí silver mine. [4] The territory was disputed between Chile and Bolivia until the signing of the Boundary Treaty of 1866.
Puerto Quijarro is a Bolivian city and an inland river port and situated on the Tamengo Canal in Bolivia, by the border with Brazil. It is part of the province of Germán Busch in the Santa Cruz Department. The Tamengo Canal connects it to the important Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. It is Bolivia's only waterway which leads to the ocean. [1]