Modesto Omiste is a province

Province

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 in the south of the 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...

n Potosí Department

Potosí Department

Potosí Department is a department in southwestern Bolivia. It comprises 118,218 km² with 709,013 inhabitants . The capital is the city of Potosí....

. Its capital is Villazón

Villazón

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

.

Location

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

Latitude

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 and between 65° 10' and 66° 08' West

Longitude

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. In the north it borders Sud Chichas Province

Sud Chichas Province

Sud Chichas is a province in the Bolivian department of Potosí. Its seat is Tupiza.-Location:Sud Chichas province is one of sixteen provinces in the Potosí Department. It is located between 20° 51' and 21° 50' South and between 65° 15' and 66° 30' West...

, in the east Tarija Department

Tarija Department

Tarija is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 391,226 inhabitants. It has an area of 37.623 km²...

, in the south and south-west the Republic of Argentina

Argentina

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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 municipality

Municipalities of Bolivia

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

Eliodoro Villazón

Eliodoro Villazón was a member of the Liberal party and Constitutional President of his country, Bolivia, between 1909 and 1913....

The province is further subdivided into canton

Cantons of Bolivia

||On the level below municipalities, Bolivia is divided into cantons ....

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

Spanish language

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, 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

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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, 43,3 % are citizens of Quechua descent.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	43,3
Aymara	7,8
Guaraní, Chiquitos Chiquitos Chiquitos means "little ones" in Spanish. The Spanish Conquistadores chose this name for the people living in the rain savannas of what is now the eastern parts of the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia, when they found the small doors of the Indian huts in the region.Today, this area is called Gran... , Moxos Moxos people The Moxos, also known as the Mojos, are an indigenous people living around the head-waters of the Madeira River in northern Bolivia, particularly on both banks of the Mamore River. They submitted to Inca domination, but in 1564 gallantly repulsed the Spaniards. A century later, however, the Jesuits...	0,2
Not indigenous Indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...	48,3
Other indigenous groups	0,5

External links

• Villazón Municipality (= Modesto Omiste Province): population data and map (PDF; 628 kB) (spanisch)