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Route 2 is a National Road in Bolivia. It connects La Paz to Khasani via Batallas and Copacabana, [1] is paved for its entire length. [2]
Route 2 has a length of 155 [1] kilometers and runs in mostly west-east direction. Starting in the La Paz suburb of El Alto [2] at Route 1, the road continues out to the Route 41 beltway on the western fringes of the city. Upon reaching the town of Batallas, the road turns north. Roughly 13 km north of the town of Batallas, [2] in the town of Huarina, [2] the road meets Route 16, which continues north towards the Bolivian Amazon and allows through traffic to bypass the cities of Puno and Juliaca in Peru. Route 2 continues west towards Copacabana, [2] where it runs along the edge of the formal townsite. [1] The last 8 kilometers [1] of the road is generally southbound, ending at the Khasani Border Crossing, across the border from the Peruvian city of Yunguyo. [1]
This road was included in the Fundamental Road Network by Supreme Decree 25,134 of August 31, 1998. [3]
La Paz, officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz, and also Chuqi Yapu in Aymara, is the seat of government as well as the legislative and executive capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bolivia. Its metropolitan area, which is formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca makes up the second most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.0 million, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a population of 2.3 million. It is also the capital of the La Paz Department.
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Puerto Rico Highway 2 (PR-2) is a road in Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Ponce. At 156 miles (230 km) long, it is Puerto Rico's longest singled-signed highway.
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Route 1 is a National Road in Bolivia.
Route 3 is a National Road in Bolivia. It connects La Paz to Trinidad via Cororico, Caranavi, Yucumo, and San Ignacio de Moxos.
