Puerto Quijarro is an inland river port and municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 situated on the
Tamengo Canal in Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

 by the border with Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. It is part of the province of Germán Busch

Germán Busch Province

Germán Busch is a province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Most of the surface is covered by the Pantanal, the largest wetland area in the world.-History:...

 in the Santa Cruz Department

Santa Cruz Department

Santa Cruz, with an area of 370,621 km², is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia. In the 2001 census, it reported a population of 2,029,471. The capital is the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The state is one of the wealthiest states in Bolivia with huge reserves of...

. The Tamengo Canal connects it to the important Paraguay/Paraná 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 has 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

Puerto Aguirre

Puerto Aguirre is an important inland riverport in Bolivia near the borderwith Brazil. It is privately held by Central Aguirre Ltd.. It is part of themunicipality of Puerto Quijarro. It is connected via the Tamengo Canal to the...

, part of the municipality of Puerto Quijarro, is located on the Tamengo Canal between Puerto
Quijarro and Puerto Suarez

Puerto Suárez

Puerto Suárez is an important inland river port and municipality in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is located 10 km west of the border with Brazil.-Location:...

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The neighbouring town in Brazil is Corumbá

Corumbá

Corumbá is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 425 km northwest of Campo Grande, the state's capital. It has a population of approximately 96,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly on agriculture, animal husbandry, mineral extraction, and tourism, being the...

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The railway between Quijarro and Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...

) is operated by Ferroviaria Oriental S.A.