Villazón

Villazón is a town in the Potosí Department in the South American Andes State of Bolivia. The city was founded on May 20, 1910, after the then Bolivian President, Heliodorus Villazón, named.

Location in near space

Villazón is the central place of the district ( bolivian: Municipio) Villazón in the province of Modesto Omiste. The city is located in the south of 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 town of La Quiaca, which has grown directly with Villazón.

Geography

Villazón is located in the southern part of the barren plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano. The climate is characterized because of the internal situation in cool, dry and by a typical diurnal climate, in which the temperature fluctuations between day and night are generally significantly greater than the seasonal variation.

The average annual temperature is 11 ° C (see climate chart Villazón ) and varies only slightly between good 5 ° C in June / July and over 14 ° C from November to March. The annual rainfall is only 350 mm, with a pronounced dry season from April to October month precipitation less than 10 mm, and a humidity from December to February with an 70-90 mm ​​month precipitation.

Traffic network

Villazón is located at a distance of 353 kilometers of road south of Potosi, the capital of the department.

From Villazón from north leads the unpaved highway Ruta 14 about 92 km to the city Tupiza and further 261 km over Cuchu Ingenio to Potosí.

From Villazon in a northeasterly direction from the unpaved Ruta 28 carries over 165 kilometers to the town in the department of Tarija Padcaya. There she meets the Ruta 1, which reaches south to the city of Bermejo and north to 51 kilometers Tarija and after a further 362 kilometers Potosí.

Population

The population of the town has increased in recent decades threefold:

Economy

Villazón is a typical border town, trading in legal but also with smuggled goods is the dominant industry. 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 dominated by small stores where mainly sold textiles and electronic products.