Yacuiba is a city in southern Bolivia and the capital city of

Gran Chaco Province Gran Chaco is a province in the eastern parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. The province voted to become an autonomous region on 6 December 2009. Location ''Gran Chaco'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is loca ...

in the

Tarija Department Tarija () is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering with Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2012 census, it has a population of 482,196 inhabitants. It has an area of . The city ...

. It lies three kilometers from the Argentine border. It has a population of approximately 80,000 and lies above sea level. Yacuiba is one of the cities of fast growth population in Bolivia due to the commerce and boom in hydrocarbon exploitation. It was part of Salta Province of

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until its cession to Bolivia in 1900. Due to its position on the frontier, Yacuiba is a major center of commerce. Across the border lies

Salvador Mazza Salvador Mazza (June 6, 1886November 9, 1946) was a noted Argentine physician and epidemiologist, best known for his strides in helping control American trypanosomiasis, an endemic disease among the rural, poor majority of early 20th century Sou ...

, with which it forms a conurbation. The town has direct connections by road with both

Tarija Tarija or San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa is a city in southern Bolivia. Founded in 1574, Tarija is the largest city and capital and municipality within the Tarija Department, with an airport ( Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport, (TJA)) off ...

and Santa Cruz. It also has an international airport ( BYC). Although, Yacuiba has still a low population it managed to obtain one football team in the Bolivian professional league, Petrolero.

Climate

Yacuiba has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen: ''Cwa''), a result of its slightly cooler temperatures when compared to surrounding regions because of its modest elevation and the monsoonal effects of the surrounding area.

Etymology

The city's name is derived from the

Guaraní Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to Ethnography * Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia) * Guaraní language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay * ...

yaku-iba, meaning roughly "fowls' watering hole"

References

External links

Official tourism and commerce portal

Traditional clothing

Traditional music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yacuiba Populated places in Tarija Department Argentina–Bolivia border crossings