Modesto Omiste is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

in the south of the

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

n Potosí Department. Its capital is

Villazón Villazón is a town in southern Bolivia, on the border with Argentina. It sits directly across La Quiaca River from La Quiaca in Argentina. The town is a busy trading hub, with large quantities of goods flowing north. It is also a heavily used ...

. The province is named after the Bolivian writer and politician Modesto Omiste Tinajeros.

Location

Modesto Omiste province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Departament. It is located between 21° 39' and 22° 06'

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and between 65° 10' and 66° 08'

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. In the north it borders

Sud Chichas Province Sud Chichas (or: ''Sur Chichas'') is a Provinces of Bolivia, province in the Bolivian Departments of Bolivia, department of Potosí Department, Potosí. Its seat is Tupiza. Location Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí ...

, in the east

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 ...

, in the south and south-west the Republic of

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. The province extends over 120 km from east to west and 65 km from north to south.

Division

The province comprises only one

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''(municipio)'', Villazón Municipality which is identical to the province. It was named after the Bolivian president

Eliodoro Villazón Eliodoro Villazón Montaño (22 January 1848 – 12 September 1939) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 27th president of Bolivia from 1909 to 1913 and as the 15th vice president of Bolivia from 1904 to 1909. Early life Vill ...

The province is further subdivided into

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s ''(cantones)'': *Berque *Casira *Chagua *Chipihuayco *Mojo *Moraya *Sagnasti *Salitre *San Pedro de Sococha *Sarcari *Sococha *Villazón *Yuruma

Population

The main language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 97%, while 44% of the population speak Quechua. The population rose from 31,737 (1992 census) to 36,266 (2001 census), an increase of 14.3%. 44% of the population have no access to electricity, 54% have no sanitary facilities. 18% of the population are employed in agriculture, 11% in industry, 71% in general services. 84% of the population are Catholics, 11% Protestants. Most of the people are not indigenous, 43,3% are citizens of Quechua descent.obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ (inactive)

References

Population data (Spanish)

External links

Villazón Municipality (= Modesto Omiste Province): population data and map
(PDF; 628 kB) (Spanish) {{Authority control Provinces of Potosí Department