page_title: Turco Municipality
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Turco Municipality / Transport
caption_attribution_description: From the truck cabin, on the road to Chile
context_page_description: Turco Municipality is the second municipal section of the Sajama Province in the Oruro Department in Bolivia, and was founded on February 15, 1957. Its seat is Turco, situated 154 km west of Oruro at an altitude of 3,860 m. The municipality covers an area of 3,973 km², not taking into account the area of Laca Laca Canton.
  It is bordered to the north by the Curahuara de Carangas Municipality and San Pedro de Totora Province, to the south by the Litoral and Sabaya Provinces, to the west by Chile and to the east by the Carangas Province.
context_section_description: The international transit road from Oruro to Chile crosses Turco Municipality leading to Tambo Quemado situated in the Chachacomani Canton in the north-western part of the municipality  at the border between Chile and Bolivia.
caption: Route 4 (Ruta 4) near Tambo Quemado with Sajama volcano in the background
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