Puerto Perez
Ch'ililaya
Town
Coordinates: 16°17′05″S 68°36′03″W / 16.2847°S 68.6008°W / -16.2847; -68.6008
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvinceLos Andes Province
MunicipalityPuerto Pérez Municipality
Population
 (2001)
  Total549
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

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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