Infobox settlement official name PuertoWilliams other name native name motto image skyline Puerto Williams1.JPG imagesize 250px image caption View of PuertoWilliams with Dientes de Navarino mountains ... footnotes PuertoWilliams Spanish language Spanish for Port Williams is a Chile an port, located ... personnel and civilians. PuertoWilliams is often referred to as the the southernmost city in the world ... personnel living in PuertoWilliams have decreased while civil population has increased. In recent years tourism has contributed to an increase in economic activity at PuertoWilliams. Universidad de Magallanes has a university centre in PuertoWilliams. Overview PuertoWilliams is port of entry ... del Fuego . The University of Magallanes has a university centre in PuertoWilliams and weather stations and lighhouses in Cape Horn and Diego Ram rez Islands are supplied from PuertoWilliams. Puerto ... Za artu Airport and hospital as well as nearby meteorological stations. PuertoWilliams ... PuertoWilliams 3.JPG right thumb PuertoWilliams in 1957 The Yahgan people were the first inhabitants ... Williams, Capital de la Provincia Ant rtica Chilena , retrieved on 13 April 2012 ref Puerto Navarino , on the west side of the Navarino island, was founded in June 1938. PuertoWilliams itself was founded ... wsg sitio hospitales paghist pw.htm Historia Hospital Naval de PuertoWilliams , retrieved ... PuertoWilliams is the start point for vessels of all nations in traffic between the Straits ... Based on some definitions of what a city is PuertoWilliams could be the southernmost city in the world . Chilean News media media and PuertoWilliams administration report it to be the southernmost ... Tercera edici C3 B3n.pdf PuertoWilliams espera una gran temporada de centolla , retrieved 9 ... ref reported that the designation Southernmost city in the world had been transferred to PuertoWilliams ... mundo, a la poblaci n chilena de PuertoWilliams ref and the Secretariat of Tourism of Argentina continues ... more details
Infobox Hospital Name Naval hospital of PuertoWilliams Org Group Chilean Navy Image PuertoWilliams Street 1.jpg Caption optional Logo optional Location PuertoWilliams , Magallanes Region Region State Country Chile HealthCare Type Speciality Emergency Yes Affiliation Beds Founded Closed optional Website Wiki Links optional, autofilled List hospitals in State The Naval Hospital of PuertoWilliams Spanish Hospital Naval de PuertoWilliams is a hospital in the city of PuertoWilliams , run by the Chilean Navy . External links http www.sanidadnaval.cl wsg sitio hospitales paghist pw.htm Historia Hospital Naval de PuertoWilliams chile struct stub SouthAm hospital stub coord missing Chile Category Hospitals in Chile Category Buildings and structures in Magallanes and Ant rtica Chilena Region Category Chilean Navy Category Navarino Island es Hospital Naval de PuertoWilliams ... more details
Williams can refer to People see also List of people with surname WilliamsWilliams surname , a surname English in origin, but popular in Wales, 3rd most common in the United Kingdom Williams , the pseudonym of racing driver and SOE agent William Grover Williams Places Australia Williams, Western Australia Shire of Williams United States Communities Williams, Arizona Williams, California , in Colusa County Williams, Modoc County, California Williams, Indiana , in Adams County Williams, Lawrence County, Indiana Williams, Iowa Williams, Minnesota Williams, South Carolina Williams County, North Dakota Williams County, Ohio Williams Township, Michigan Williams Township, Minnesota Williams Township, Pennsylvania Williams Bay, Wisconsin Williams Center, Ohio Williams Creek, Indiana Facilities Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport , Arizona formerly Williams Gateway Airport Williams Air Force Base , former U.S. Air Force base, a predecessor to Williams Gateway Airport Williams Tower , the third tallest skyscraper in Houston, Texas Education Williams College , a liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA Roger Williams University , a small liberal arts college in Rhode Island Williams Middle School Florence, South Carolina Williams Middle School Moultrie, Georgia Williams Middle School Sturgis, South Dakota David E. Williams Middle School , in Kennedy Township, Pennsylvania, USA Organizations and companies Williams F1 , a Formula One racing team Williams PLC, a former UK conglomerate, which demergerd in November 2000, creating Chubb Security and Kidde The Williams Companies , an oil and gas pipeline company Williams International , a manufacturer of jet turbines Williams Coffee Pub , a Canadian coffee and doughnut fast food restaurant chain Williams Electronics, a gaming and amusement company best known for their pinball and arcade games now known as WMS Industries Williams ... Other uses Williams syndrome , also known as pixieism Philip Morris USA v. Williams , a US Supreme ... more details
orphan date December 2008 A.S. Williams first name and details unknown was an England English cricket er who played for Cumberland County Cricket Club Cumberland . Williams made a single List A appearance for the team, in the C&G Trophy competition of 2001. Batting in the upper order, he scored 19 runs in the only innings in which he batted in List A cricket, as Cumberland exited the competition at the third round stage at the hands of Kent County Cricket Club Kent . External links http cricketarchive.com Archive Players 37 37944 37944.html AS Williams at Cricket Archive England cricket bio stub Persondata NAME Williams, A.S. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English cricketer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Williams, A.S. Category English cricketers Category Cumberland cricketers Category Living people ... more details
Puerto Plata may refer to San Felipe de Puerto Plata , a shipping port in the Dominican Republic Puerto Plata Province Puerto Plata Airport Puerto Plata musician disambig nl Puerto Plata pl Puerto Plata sk Puerto Plata ... more details
Infobox rugby biography name T. Williams image caption birth name nickname birth place death place height weight ru position Rugby union positions Forwards Forward ru amateuryears 1885 ? br ? ru amateurclubs London Welsh RFC br Swansea RFC ru amclubcaps ru amclubpoints ru amupdate ru nationalteam Wales national rugby union team Wales ru nationalyears 1888 ru nationalcaps 2 ru nationalpoints 0 ru ntupdate ru coachclubs ru coachyears ru coachupdate other occupation spouse children relatives school university website T. Williams was a rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea RFC Swansea ... Wales . ref http www.ospreysrugby.com ospreys squad view.php?player id 101431 T. Williams player profile Ospreysrugby.com ref Very little is known of Williams and he is often confused with his contemporary Tom Williams Welsh rugby player Tom Williams who also played for Wales around the same period, and who also had connections with London Welsh. Rugby career Williams first notable connection ... team, London Welsh. The team contained six players who were, or would soon, be capped for Wales, Williams ... rugby player Charles Taylor and Rowley Thomas . ref name Jones6 Jones 1985 , pg 6. ref Williams ... name Jones8 Jones 1985 , pg 8. ref By 1888, Williams was playing for Swansea, and on 4 February ... 821.html T. Williams player profile Scrum.com ref Under the captaincy of Tom Clapp , Williams came .... Williams was one of seven new Welsh caps in the match, which included Swansea team mates John Meredith ... was at the time playing club rugby for London Welsh. Williams was reselected for the very next match ... 1972 , pg 19. ref Williams lined up in the pack with his team captain William Towers rugby player ... Springwood Books location London isbn 0862541255 cite book last Smith first David coauthors Williams ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Williams, T. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION welsh rugby union player DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Williams, T. Category Wales ... more details
Wiktionarypar Puerto Rican Puerto Rican may refer to Things relating to Puerto Rico , an archipelago located in the Caribbean Puerto Rican people a person who was born in Puerto Rico Stateside Puerto Ricans citizens of Puerto Rican national origin inhabiting the United States Puerto Rican cuisine Culture of Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Spanish Puerto Rican literature Music of Puerto Rico Pop culture in Puerto Rico See also Portal box Puerto Rico Demographics of Puerto Rico disambig ... more details
Official website of PuertoWilliams http www.youtube.com watch?v AMhqbLYmXk0 Short Documentary about Puerto Toro youtube http www.turistel.cl secciones mapas ruteros magallanes.htm Map of southern Chile, showing Puerto Toro Category Cities and towns in Tierra del Fuego Category Ports and harbours ...Infobox begins Infobox City official name Puerto Toro native name nickname motto image skyline Puertotoro.JPG imagesize image caption Puerto Toro image flag image seal image shield image map mapsize map caption pushpin map Chile pushpin mapsize 175 omit px coordinates footnotes coor pinpoint town coordinates region CL MA coordinates display inline,title latd 55 latm 05 lats 00 latNS S longd 67 longm 04 longs 30 longEW W subdivision type Region subdivision name Magallanes Region Magallanes subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 Ant rtica Chilena Province Ant rtica Chilena subdivision type2 ... footnotes Puerto Toro , founded 1892 by Governor of Punta Arenas Se oret ref See 166 b in http ... thumb left 250px Puerto Toro in Navarino Island. It belongs to the Commune of Cabo ... stations in Antarctica, Puerto Toro is the southernmost permanently inhabited community on the globe, located at coord 55 05 00 S 067 04 30 W and some 3,900 km off the South Pole . Puerto Toro is inhabited ... ago, Puerto Toro was one of the most important towns in the region of the Beagle Channel as a result of gold fever. Once interest in exploring for gold passed, however, Puerto Toro s importance diminished. Today, Puerto Toro is known for centolla , the prized southern king crab . See also PuertoWilliams Villa Las Estrellas Southernmost settlements References reflist External links http www.imcabodehornos.cl ... Navarino Island MagellanAntarctic geo stub be be x old es Puerto Toro fr Puerto Toro it Puerto Toro lt Puerto Toras hu Puerto Toro pl Puerto Toro pt Puerto Toro ro Puerto Toro ru ... more details
reached the port of Puerto Hambre . In 1843 Juan Williams Rebolledo built Fuerte Bulnes approximately ...Image Puertohambre1.jpg thumb right The coast near Puerto Hambre. Puerto Hambre , originally Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe , also known as Puerto del Hambre and at one time as Port Famine , is a historic settlement site at Buena Bay locally known as Mansa Bay on the west side of the Strait of Magellan approximately convert 58 km mi abbr on south of Punta Arenas, Chile Punta Arenas in the Magallanes Region of Chile Regi n de Magallanes y la Ant rtica Chilena , Patagonia , Chile . Puerto Hambre lies halfway between the South Pole and Chile s northern border with Peru. Since Chile claims its Antarctic territories extending all the way to the pole, this point is sometimes called the geographical center of Chile. A monument near the site marks this midpoint. History Image Puertohambre2.jpg thumb right Monument at the site of Puerto Hambre. The Spain Spanish settlement was founded in March 1584 by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa as the city of Rey Don Felipe , as part of Spain s measures to prevent a repeat of Drake s 1578 entry into the Pacific via the Magellan Strait. It started with around 300 settlers ... British Royal Navy . The name was subsequently translated into Spanish as Puerto Hambre or Puerto del ... of Puerto del Hambre were made a National Monuments of Chile National Monument . External links http www.chileaustral.com parenas fuerte.htm Fuerte Bulnes Y Puerto del Hambre, Alrededores de Punta ... Foundation. http www.biologie.de biowiki Puerto Hambre Puerto Hambre Biologie.de German language ... books?id CYYCAAAAYAAJ&pg PA582&vq Puerto del Hambre&source gbs search r&cad 0 1 Francisco Solano ..., Nueva York, 1899, pg. 582 Puerto del Hambre coord 53 38 00 S 70 54 00 W type city display title Category ... in Chile Category Strait of Magellan de Puerto Hambre et Puerto del Hambre es Puerto del Hambre fr Puerto del Hambre id Puerto Hambre it Puerto Hambre sl Puerto Hambre ... more details
Puerto Almanza is a small village Human settlement settlement in Tierra del Fuego on the northern shore of the Beagle Channel . It is located at coord 54 52 21.74 S 067 34 36.85 W display inline,title . It lies about 3km west from another settlement on the channel called Almirante Brown and its almost opposite to the Chilean port of PuertoWilliams . Mostly a resting point for fishermen and access point to some local ranches in Tierra del Fuego when roads are cut due to bad weather, its population sometimes reaches 100 people but never more than that. To reach Puerto Almanza by road one should set off from Ushuaia traveling east via the Ruta Nacional No3 for approximately 71km until reaching road K , which is the road that takes you down to the channel and Puerto Almanza 5km ref http www.autostopargentina.com.ar provincias ver.php?provincia tierra del fuego ref References reflist Category Cities and towns in Tierra del Fuego Category Populated places in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina Argentina geo stub es Puerto Almanza ... more details
Puerto Nuevo may refer to Places Argentina Puerto Nuevo, Argentina Mexico Puerto Nuevo, Baja California USA Puerto Nuevo Hato Rey , Puerto Rico Other uses Club Atl tico Puerto Nuevo , an Argentinian football club Puerto nuevo , a 1936 Argentine musical film dab es Puerto Nuevo desambiguaci n ... more details
Puerto Escondido may refer to Puerto Escondido, C rdoba , Colombia Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca , Mexico Puerto Escondido, Baja California Sur , Mexico Puerto escondido film Puerto escondido film , a Italian films of 1992 1992 Italian film disambig es Puerto Escondido fr Puerto Escondido it Puerto Escondido disambigua nl Puerto Escondido pl Puerto Escondido ru ... more details
Puerto Castilla may refer to Puerto Castilla, Honduras Puerto Castilla, Spain geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages nl Puerto Castilla ... more details
Image Map of Puerto Moral Huelva .png thumb right 150px Map of Puerto Moral, Huelva province Huelva Puerto Moral is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva province Huelva , Spain . According to the 2008 census , the municipality had a population of 273 inhabitants. Municipalities in Huelva coord 37 53 N 6 28 W source kolossus itwiki display title Category Municipalities in the Province of Huelva andalusia geo stub ca Puerto Moral es Puerto Moral eo Puerto Moral eu Puerto Moral fr Puerto Moral it Puerto Moral ht Puerto Moral Huelva pt Puerto Moral ru tr Puerto Moral uk vi Puerto Moral war Puerto Moral ... more details
Port Williams may refer to Port Williams, Nova Scotia , Port Williams, Alaska , location of Port Williams Seaplane Base PuertoWilliams , at the southern end of Chile disambiguation Category Place names ... more details
, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... postal code area code Country town 56 ? website footnotes Puerto Navarino is a Chile an port facing the Beagle Channel in western Navarino Island . Puerto Navarino belongs to Cabo de Hornos, Chile Cabo de Hornos commune and is connected to PuertoWilliams by a gravel ... Hornos official website http www.ptowilliams.cl official website of PuertoWilliams http www.turistel.cl secciones mapas ruteros magallanes.htm Map of southern Chile, showing Puerto Navarino Coord 54 ...Infobox begins Infobox settlement official name Puerto Navarino native name nickname motto image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal image shield image map mapsize map caption pushpin map Chile pushpin mapsize 80 coordinates region CL subdivision type Region subdivision name Magallanes Region Magallanes subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 Ant rtica Chilena Province Ant rtica Chilena subdivision type2 Municipalidad subdivision name2 Cabo de Hornos, Chile Cabo de Hornos subdivision type3 Comuna subdivision name3 Cabo de Hornos, Chile Cabo de Hornos subdivision type4 subdivision name4 government type Municipalidad leader title Alcade leader name Hugo Henriquez Matus leader title1 for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager leader name1 leader title2 leader name2 leader title3 leader name3 established title Settled established date established title2 Incorporated town established date2 established title3 Incorporated city established date3 area magnitude area total TotalArea sq mi area land LandArea sq mi area water WaterArea sq mi area water percent area urban UrbanArea sq mi area metro MetroArea sq mi population as of population note population total population density population density mi2 population metro population density metro km2 population density metro mi2 population urban population density urban km2 population density urban mi2 timezone ... Province Category Navarino Island MagellanAntarctic geo stub es Puerto Navarino ... more details
Image Localizaci n de Puerto Lumbreras.svg thumb right 150px Location of Puerto Lumbreras. Puerto Lumbreras is a Spain Spanish Municipalities of Spain municipality in the autonomous community of Region of Murcia Murcia . It has a population of 12,881 2006 and an area of 139 km . External links http www.puerto lumbreras.com Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras es icon http www.puerto lumbreras.eu Business guide and General Information in English and Spanish en icon This article contains information from the Spanish Wikipedia article es Puerto Lumbreras Puerto Lumbreras , accessed on January 10, 2008. Municipalities in the Region of Murcia coord 37 34 N 1 49 W display title region ES type city source GNS enwiki Category Municipalities in the Region of Murcia Spain geo stub an Puerto Lumbreras ca Puerto Lumbreras es Puerto Lumbreras eu Puerto Lumbreras fr Puerto Lumbreras it Puerto Lumbreras nl Puerto Lumbreras pt Puerto Lumbreras ru uk vi Puerto Lumbreras war Puerto Lumbreras ... more details
footnotes Puerto Ayacucho IPA es pwe to a a kut o is the capital and largest city of Amazonas State, Venezuela Amazonas State in Venezuela . Puerto Ayacucho is located across the Orinoco River from ... regions of the New Continent during the years 1799 1804 , translated by Helen Williams London ... from numerous tributaries. Nowadays tourists can organise a trip along it from Puerto Ayacucho. 90 ... visitors agree that the surrounding country is magnificent. Transportation Puerto Ayacucho is served ... , El Burro, San F lix and Ciudad Bol var . References Reflist commons category Puerto Ayacucho ... Category Colombia Venezuela border crossings an Puerto Ayacucho da Puerto Ayacucho de Puerto Ayacucho es Puerto Ayacucho eu Puerto Ayacucho fr Puerto Ayacucho io Puerto Ayacucho it Puerto Ayacucho ka lt Puerto Ajaku as nl Puerto Ayacucho no Puerto Ayacucho oc Puerto Ayacucho pl Puerto Ayacucho pt Puerto Ayacucho ru sv Puerto Ayacucho th vi Puerto Ayacucho vo Puerto Ayacucho war Puerto Ayacucho ... more details
Puerto Viejo Spanish language Spanish for Old Port or Old Harbor can refer to two towns in Costa Rica Puerto Viejo de Talamanca Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqu disambig ... more details
El Puerto is the name of El Puerto de Santa Mar a , C diz, Spain El Puerto Somiedo , a parish of Somiedo , Spain El Puerto, Dominican Republic , a municipal district in the San Pedro de Macor s province San Pedro de Macor s province Disambig es El Puerto ... more details
info official name Puerto Vallarta other name native name for cities whose native name is not in English ... and maps image skyline Portada Puerto Vallarta.png imagesize 250px image caption image flag flag size image seal Escudo de Puerto Vallarta.svg seal size image shield shield size city logo citylogo size image map Puerto Vallarta Jalisco.svg mapsize 275px map caption Location in red within the state ... of Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta subdivision type3 subdivision name3 subdivision type4 subdivision ... footnotes Puerto Vallarta IPA es pwe to ba a ta is a Mexico Mexican balneario resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean s Bah a de Banderas . The 2010 census reported Puerto ... state of Jalisco . The City of Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the Municipality of Puerto .... ref Guia Roji Ciudad de Puerto Vallarta map ref Puerto Vallarta is named after Ignacio Vallarta , a former governor of Jalisco . In spanish language Spanish , Puerto Vallarta is often shortened to Vallarta ... Gustavo Diaz Ordaz international airport . History Puerto Vallarta s proximity to the Bay of Banderas ... have given the town a more interesting past than most Mexican tourist destinations. Puerto Vallarta .... For a sense of the extent even of the city s modern history, note that Puerto Vallarta and Seattle ... is the City of Puerto Vallarta s destruction of the active excavation in the area of Calle Costa ... the history of Puerto Vallarta, then called El Carrizal or Las Pe as, was linked to the history of the Sierra .... During the 18th century, as Mascota grew, Puerto Vallarta grew with it, transforming itself from ... overland route from San Blas to the Sierra towns made Puerto Vallarta a more convenient alternative ... Blas. Puerto Vallarta also became a vacation destination for residents of the Sierra Towns, and by the mid ... of the early settlers in Puerto Vallarta were families who had left the Sierra towns for one reason .... The official founding story of Las Pe as and thus of Puerto Vallarta is that it was founded by Guadalupe ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Network network name Televisora de Puerto La Cruz network logo country Venezuela network type Terrestrial television Broadcast television network branding TV Puerto available Puerto la Cruz Puerto La Cruz , Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality , Anzo tegui Anzo tegui State Ultra high frequency UHF channel 21 slogan founder owner Televisora de Puerto La Cruz a community foundation key people Victor Acu a, legal representative launch date December 2003 website TV Puerto is a Venezuela n community television channel. It was created in December 2003 and can be seen in the community of Puerto la Cruz Puerto La Cruz in the Juan Antonio Sotillo Municipality of the Anzo tegui Anzoategui State of Venezuela on Ultra high frequency UHF channel 21. Victor Acu a is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel. As of now, TV Puerto does not have a website. See also List of Venezuelan television channels DEFAULTSORT Tv Puerto Category Venezuelan television networks Category Television stations in Venezuela Venezuela tv stub es TV Puerto ... more details
Image MunsCundinamarca Puerto Salgar.png thumb right 250px Location of the town and municipality of Puerto Salgar in Cundinamarca Department . Image Puerto Salgar Flag.PNG thumb right Puerto Salgar Flag Puerto Salgar is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Departments of Colombia department of Cundinamarca Department Cundinamarca . It has come to international attention since the US ambassador in Colombia announced the Palanquero Air Base had entered a recertification process, possibly in order to host US military personnel as a replacement to the Manta Air Base . ref http www.venezuelanalysis.com analysis 3611 U.S. Military Looks to Colombia to Replace Base in Ecuador venezuelanalysis.com Bot generated title ref As of July 2009, negotiations were ongoing. ref Bajak, Frank, Associated Press , http militarytimes.com news 2009 07 ap colombia base 071509 U.S., Colombia said to be near base access deal , Military Times , July 15, 2009. ref References reflist Municipalities cundinamarca department coord 5 30 N 74 35 W display title region CO type adm2nd source GNS enwiki Category Municipalities of Cundinamarca Category Populated places in the Cundinamarca Department Cundinamarca geo stub es Puerto Salgar fr Puerto Salgar it Puerto Salgar nl Puerto Salgar pt Puerto Salgar war Puerto Salgar ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox settlement name Puerto Triunfo native name nickname motto settlement type Municipalities of Colombia Municipality and town image skyline imagesize image caption image flag Banderapuertotriunfo.svg image seal Escudo de Puerto Triunfo.svg image map Colombia Antioquia Puerto Triunfo.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Triunfo in the Antioquia Department of Colombia pushpin map pushpin mapsize 300 pushpin map caption Location in Colombia subdivision type Country subdivision name Flag Colombia subdivision type1 departments of Colombia Department subdivision name1 Antioquia Department subdivision type2 subdivision name2 leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude area total km2 area total sq mi area land km2 area land sq mi area water km2 area water sq mi area water percent area urban km2 area urban sq mi area metro km2 area metro sq mi population as of population note population total population density km2 population density sq mi population metro population density metro km2 population density metro sq mi population urban latd latm lats latNS S longd longm longs longEW W timezone Colombia Standard Time utc offset 5 timezone DST utc offset DST elevation m elevation ft website footnotes Puerto Triunfo is a municipio municipality in Antioquia Department , Colombia . Near this town is located the infamous Hacienda Napoles once owned by Pablo Escobar . Coord 5 52 N 74 39 W region CO type city display title Department of Antioquia Category Populated places on the Magdalena River Category Port cities in Colombia Category Municipalities of Antioquia Category Populated places in the Antioquia Department Antioquia geo stub es Puerto Triunfo fr Puerto Triunfo ie Puerto Triunfo it Puerto Triunfo nl Puerto Triunfo pt Puerto Triunfo ro Puerto Triunfo war Puerto Triunfo ... more details
Puerto Quijarro is an inland river port and municipality situated on the Tamengo Canal in Bolivia by the border with Brazil. It is part of the province of Germ n Busch Province Germ n Busch in the Santa Cruz Department . The Tamengo Canal connects it to the important Paraguay Paran waterway. It is Bolivia s only waterway which leads to the ocean. Officially, its population was 12,903 2001 . Antonio Quijarro was the founder. June 18, 1940 is celebrated is the founding date of the municipality. Roads and a rail line connect Puerto Quijarro with the rest of Bolivia and with Brazil. The important port of Puerto Aguirre , part of the municipality of Puerto Quijarro, is located on the Tamengo Canal between Puerto Quijarro and Puerto Su rez . The neighbouring town in Brazil is Corumb . The railway between Quijarro and Santa Cruz Santa Cruz de la Sierra is operated by Ferroviaria Oriental S.A. coord 17 47 S 57 46 W display title region BO type city source GNS enwiki Category Ports and harbours of Bolivia Category Rail transport in Bolivia Category Bolivia Brazil border crossings Category Populated places in Santa Cruz Department Bolivia SantaCruzBO geo stub es Puerto Quijarro fr Puerto Quijarro pt Puerto Quijarro ... more details
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