Desaguadero (Spanish for "channel, drain for drawing off superfluous water") or Chaka Marka (Aymara and Quechua for "bridge village") is a town on the Bolivian-Peruvian border.
On the Peruvian side it lies in the Puno Region, Chucuito Province, Desaguadero District.
Both parts of the town are united by a binational bridge.
Desaguadero has a tropical subalpine climate (Cwc).
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