Modesto Omiste is a
province in the south of the
Bolivia
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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'
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
and between 65° 10' and 66° 08'
West. 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, in the south and south-west the Republic of
Argentina. The province extends over 120 km from east to west and 65 km from north to south.
Division
The province comprises only one
municipality ''(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
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
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)
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Provinces of Potosí Department