Villazón is a town in southern Bolivia, on the border with

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. It sits directly across

La Quiaca River La Quiaca River ( es, Río La Quiaca), also known as Villazón River, is a river of reduced flow on the border between Argentina and Bolivia. It is highly contaminated in its passage through the cities of La Quiaca and Villazón, on its right an ...

from

La Quiaca La Quiaca is a small city in the north of the , on the southern bank of the La Quiaca River, opposite the town of Villazón, Bolivia. It lies at the end of National Route 9, from San Salvador de Jujuy (the provincial capital), and at an altitude ...

in Argentina. The town is a busy trading hub, with large quantities of goods flowing north. It is also a heavily used transit hub for tourists passing into Bolivia. A train line connects Villazón with

Tupiza Tupiza is a city in Potosí Department, Bolivia. It is located at an elevation of about 2850 m. The population is 25,709 (2012 estimate). Tupiza and its environs are characterized by dramatic red escarpments which jut ruggedly skyward from the coa ...

Uyuni Uyuni (Aymara, ''uyu'' pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got a pen", "the one with a pen") is a city in the southwest of Bolivia. Uyuni primarily serves as a gateway for tourists visiting t ...

and

Oruro Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately above sea level. It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by pop ...

. Two train services, the ''Expreso del Sur'' and slightly cheaper ''Wara Wara del Sur'', each run twice a week. Buses also connect to many destinations.

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File:Villazon border Stevage.jpg, People queueing up to cross the border into Villazón File:Villazon TownSquare July2014.jpg, Town square in Villazón Villazon (18).JPG, Una 2pintoresca peatonal de Villazón Populated places in Potosí Department Argentina–Bolivia border crossings {{Potosí-geo-stub