Chaguaya is a small town in

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, 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, w ...

. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 858.

History

There was a large zinc mine in Chaguaya, owned by german bolivian businessman

Moritz Hochschild Moritz (Mauricio) Hochschild (February 17, 1881 – June 12, 1965) was a leading mining industry businessman in the first half of the twentieth century. Along with Simón Iturri Patiño and Carlos Víctor Aramayo, he was one of the three so-calle ...

until 1952. In 1986 the mine was closed.Puerto Chaguaya, evocaciones del rey del zinc
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Climate

References

Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia) {{EliodoroCamachoProvince-geo-stub