Puerto Suárez
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Puerto Suárez is an important inland river port and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Santa Cruz Department
Santa Cruz Department
Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km², is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia. In the 2001 census, it reported a population of 2,029,471. The capital is the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The state is one of the wealthiest states in Bolivia with huge reserves of...

, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. It is located 10 km west of the border with Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

.

Location

Puerto Suárez is located in the province of Germán Busch
Germán Busch Province
Germán Busch is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Most of the surface is covered by the Pantanal, the largest wetland area in the world.-History:...

, Santa Cruz Department and situated by Laguna Cáceres
Laguna Cáceres
Laguna Cáceres is a lake in Germán Busch Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. At an elevation of 150 m, its surface area is 26.5 to 200 km²....

 which is connected to the important Río Paraguay
Paraguay River
The Paraguay River is a major river in south central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina...

 and Río Paraná
Paraná River
The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some . It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase "para rehe onáva", which comes from the Tupi language...

 waterway by the Tamengo Canal. The municipality is connected to the city of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...

in the west and Brazil in the east by major roads and rail-links as well as by an airport.

Population

The town was founded on November 10, 1875 by Miguel Suárez Arana. The population was 11,564 (2001 census) and has increased to 12,546 (2007 estimate), some sources even say 20-22,000.

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