# Guaqui > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guaqui > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guaqui.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaqui > Source revision: 1224213003 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (August 2011) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Guaqui]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Guaqui}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. Bolivian municipality The church of Guaqui **Guaqui** is a railhead and port in [Bolivia](/source/Bolivia) on [Lake Titicaca](/source/Lake_Titicaca). A [ferry](/source/Train_ferry#Peru) (a [car float](/source/Car_float)) connects with the [Peruvian](/source/Peru) railhead and port on [Puno](/source/Puno). It served as location of [Inca](/source/Inca_Empire) ruins prior to the arrival of the [Spanish](/source/Spanish_Empire). The towns current church sites on what was the ancient ruins.[1] ## Elevation Guaqui's elevation is 3,822 metres (12,539 ft). ## Transportation ### Roads The RN-1 is a major road that runs through Guaqui with connections to neighboring [Peru](/source/Peru). ### Rail The railways on the Bolivian side are 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge, while the railways on the Peruvian side are 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) gauge. Cars are transported over water by [car float](/source/Car_float) Manco Capac owned by [PeruRail](/source/PeruRail). ### Water Guaqui is also home/port to [Bolivian Navy](/source/Bolivian_Navy) flotilla. ### Air The closest airport to Guaqui is [El Alto International Airport](/source/El_Alto_International_Airport) to the east. ## See also - [Transport in Bolivia](/source/Transport_in_Bolivia) - [Transport in Peru](/source/Transport_in_Peru) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Cieza de León, Pedro de, 1518-1554. (2010) [1864]. [*The travels of Pedro de Cieza de León, A.D. 1532-50 : contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru*](http://worldcat.org/oclc/535491489). Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-108-01334-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-108-01334-5). 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