Achiri is a town in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 817.

Achiri is the central village of the Archiri Canton in the Caquiaviri Municipality in the Pacajes Province. It is located in the Bolivian Altiplano on a height of about 3,900 m (12,795 ft) at one of the affluxes to Río Desaguadero. Achiri lies halfway between Lake Titicaca to the north and Nevado Sajama to the south, the highest mountain of Bolivia with 5.542m (18.2ft).

Achiri is situated between the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central in the Andean dry climate of the Altiplano, the average precipitation is about 500 mm (19.6 in). The day-night temperature difference is by far bigger than the difference between summer and winter.

The average temperature over the year is about 9 °C (48 deg) the average temperatures of the months vary between 5 °C (41 deg) in July and 10 °C (50 deg) in December. The monthly precipitation is under 10 mm (0.394 in) in the dry season from May until August and 100 to 125 mm (3.9 to 7.6 in) from January to February.

Achiri is located 148 route kilometers (91.9 mi) to the south west of La Paz. From La Paz a bituminized route Fernstraße Ruta 2 leads to El Alto, from where the also bituminized Ruta 19 to the south west connects with Viacha. From that point on there is an earth road via Caquiaviri which gives access to Achiri and then goes to Charaña, close to the Chilean border.

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