Villazón and La Quiaca

The two border towns Villazón in and La Quiaca in are a pair spreading across the two countries. Most visitors just hurry across the border and on to their next destination, but it's worth stopping for at least a few hours or even a night…
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Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
  • Type: Town with 13,800 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: La Quiaca

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Quiaca train station and Villazón railway station.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.

Villazón and La Quiaca

Latitude
-22.1045° or 22° 6′ 16″ south
Longitude
-65.5967° or 65° 35′ 48″ west
Population
13,800
Elevation
3,408 metres (11,181 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AR LQU
Open location code
579PVCW3+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198457686
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3849140
Wiki­data ID
Q693381
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Villazón and La Quiaca” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Լա Կիակա
  • Catalan: La Quiaca
  • Cebuano: La Quiaca
  • Chinese: 拉基亞卡
  • Dutch: La Quiaca
  • French: La Quiaca
  • German: La Quiaca
  • Greek: Λα Κιάκα
  • Hebrew: לה קיאקה
  • Italian: La Quiaca
  • Japanese: ラ・キアカ
  • Japanese: ラ・クイアカ
  • Lithuanian: La Kiaka
  • Lithuanian: La Kjaka
  • Persian: لا کوایاکا
  • Polish: La Quiaca
  • Portuguese: La Quiaca
  • Russian: Ла-Кьяка
  • Spanish: La Quiaca
  • Spanish: Villazón y La Quiaca
  • Swedish: La Quiaca
  • Turkish: La Quiaca
  • Ukrainian: Ла-К’яка

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Villazón and La Quiaca”. Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.