Villazón
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.JPG) Street in Villazón |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 35,167 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 23 | ||
| height | 3450 m | ||
| Post Code | 05-1501-0100-1001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 22 ° 5 ′ S , 65 ° 36 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Potosí | ||
| province | Modesto Omiste Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Climate diagram Villazón |
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Villazón is a medium- sized town in the Potosí department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia . The city was founded on May 20, 1910 and named after the then Bolivian President, Eliodoro Villazón .
Location in the vicinity
Villazón is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Villazón in the province of Modesto Omiste . The city is located in southern Bolivia at an altitude of 3450 m on the border with Argentina on the left bank of the Río Sochora , one of the headwaters of the Río Pilcomayo . South of Villazón, on the Argentine side of the border, lies the city of La Quiaca , which has merged with Villazón and can be reached via the “Horacio Guzmán” bridge.
geography
Villazón is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano . The climate is cool and dry because of the inland location and is characterized by a typical daytime climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are usually significantly greater than the seasonal fluctuations.
The annual average temperature is 11 ° C (see Villazón climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between a good 5 ° C in June / July and a good 14 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is only about 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October with monthly precipitation below 10 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 70-90 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Villazón is 353 kilometers by road south of Potosí , the capital of the department.
From Villazón in a northerly direction the paved road Ruta 14 leads 92 kilometers to the town of Tupiza and another 261 kilometers via Cuchu Ingenio to Potosí .
From Villazón in a north-easterly direction, the unpaved route 28 leads over 165 kilometers to the city of Padcaya in the Tarija department . There it meets Ruta 1 , which goes south to the city of Bermejo and in a north direction after 51 kilometers reaches Tarija and after another 362 kilometers Potosí.
population
The population of the village has increased threefold in the past few decades:
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1976 | 12 536 | census |
| 1992 | 23 670 | census |
| 2001 | 28 045 | census |
| 2012 | 35 167 | census |
economy
Villazón is a typical border town, the trade with legal, but also with smuggled goods is the dominant economic sector. Because of the low prices, it is very well known as a shopping city in the Argentine province of Jujuy . The center is modern and characterized by small shops that mainly sell textiles and electronic items.
sons and daughters of the town
- Óscar Soliz (* 1985), racing cyclist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Relief map of the Villazón region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 827 kB)
- Municipio Villazón - General Maps No. 51501
- Municipio Villazón - detailed map and population data (PDF; 628 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Potosí - social data of the municipalities (PDF; 5.23 MB) ( Spanish )