Villazón

Villazón is a town in southern , on the border with . It sits directly across La Quiaca River from in Argentina. The town is a busy trading hub, with large quantities of goods flowing north.
  • City with 41,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 3,455 metres (11,335 feet)
  • …is also known as “La Quiaca Boliviana”
  • …is named after Eliodoro Villazón
  • Description: human settlement in Bolivia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horacio Guzmán International Bridge and La Quiaca train station.

Bridge
The is a bridge…

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villazón and La Quiaca.

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
The two border towns Villazón in and La Quiaca…

Villazón

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Latitude
-22.09073° or 22° 5′ 27″ south
Longitude
-65.59569° or 65° 35′ 45″ west
UN/LOCODE
BO VLL
Open location code
579PWC53+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Villazón” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فيلازون”
  • Asturian: “Villazón”
  • Aymara: “Willasun”
  • Bengali: “ভিলাজন”
  • Catalan: “Villazón”
  • Cebuano: “Villazón”
  • Chinese: “比亞松”
  • Danish: “Villazon”
  • Dutch: “Villazón”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيلازون”
  • Estonian: “Villazon”
  • Estonian: “Villazón”
  • Finnish: “Villazón”
  • French: “Villazon”
  • French: “Villazón”
  • Georgian: “ვილიასონი”
  • German: “Villazon”
  • German: “Villazón”
  • Greek: “Βιγιαθόν”
  • Gujarati: “વિલાઝોન”
  • Hindi: “बियासोन”
  • Indonesian: “Villazón”
  • Irish: “Villazón”
  • Italian: “Villazón”
  • Japanese: “ビリャソン”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಲ್ಲಝೋನ್”
  • Korean: “비야손”
  • Latvian: “Viljasona”
  • Lithuanian: “Viljasonas”
  • Malay: “Villazon”
  • Marathi: “विलाझोन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Villazón”
  • Norwegian: “Villazón”
  • Persian: “ویللازون”
  • Polish: “Villazón”
  • Portuguese: “Villazón”
  • Quechua: “Villazón”
  • Romanian: “Villazón”
  • Russian: “Вильясон”
  • Sinhala: “විලසෝන්”
  • Spanish: “Villazon”
  • Spanish: “Villazón”
  • Swedish: “Villazón”
  • Tamil: “வில்லாசொன்”
  • Telugu: “విల్లాజోన్”
  • Thai: “วิเลซอน”
  • Turkish: “Villazon”
  • Ukrainian: “Вільясон”
  • Urdu: “ویلازون”
  • Vietnamese: “Villazon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Villazón”

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