Andean Northwest
Jujuy
Departamento de Tilcara

Tilcara

Tilcara is a pleasant town in in . It is the tourist centre of the world heritage site Quebrada de Humahuaca, and in addition to having its own sights to see, it makes a good base for day trips to other towns in the area.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pucará de Tilcara and Tilcara train station.

Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a pre-Inca fortification or pukara located on a hill just outside the small town of Tilcara, in the .

Railway station
Photo: Galio, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station.

Museum
Photo: Claudio Elias, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Tilcara

Latitude
-23.5769° or 23° 34′ 37″ south
Longitude
-65.3934° or 65° 23′ 36″ west
Population
6,250
Elevation
2,486 metres (8,156 feet)
Open location code
578PCJF4+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198429516
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3834403
Wiki­data ID
Q604722
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Tilcara” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Tilkara”
  • Catalan: “Tilcara”
  • Cebuano: “Tilcara”
  • Chinese: “蒂爾卡拉”
  • Dutch: “Tilcara”
  • French: “Tilcara”
  • German: “Tilcara”
  • Italian: “Tilcara”
  • Japanese: “ティルカラ”
  • Latvian: “Tilkara”
  • Lithuanian: “Tilkara”
  • Persian: “تیلکارا”
  • Polish: “Tilcara”
  • Portuguese: “Tilcara”
  • Spanish: “Tilcara”
  • Swedish: “Tilcara”
  • Turkish: “Tilcara”
  • Ukrainian: “Тількара”

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