Modesto Omiste Province

Modesto Omiste
Province
A street in Villazón
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Location o the Modesto Omiste Province athin Bolivie
Provinces o the Potosí Depairtment
Coordinates: 18°53′S 65°39′W
Kintra	Bolivie
Depairtment	Potosí Depairtment
Municipalities	1
Cantons	13
Caipital	Villazón
Area
• Total	2554 km2 (986 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	36,266
• Density	14.2/km2 (37/sq mi)
• Ethnicities	Quechua
Area code(s)	BO.PO.MO

Modesto Omiste is a province in the sooth o the Bolivie Potosí Depairtment. Its caipital is Villazón.

Location

Modesto Omiste province is ane o saxteen provinces in the Potosí Depairtment. It is locatit atween 21° 39' an 22° 06' Sooth an atween 65° 10' an 66° 08' West. In the north it borders Sud Chichas Province, in the east Tarija Depairtment, in the sooth an sooth-wast the Republic o Argentinae. The province extends ower 120 km frae east tae wast an 65 km frae north tae sooth.

Diveesion

The province comprises anerlie ane municipality (municipio), Villazón Municipality which is identical tae the province. It wis namit efter the Bolivie preses Eliodoro Villazón

The province is further subdividit intae cantons (cantones):

• Berque
• Casira
• Chagua
• Chipihuayco
• Mojo
• Moraya
• Sagnasti
• Salitre
• San Pedro de Sococha
• Sarcari
• Sococha
• Villazón
• Yuruma

Population

The main leid o the province is Spaingie, spoken bi 97 %, while 44 % o the population speak Quechua. The population rose frae 31,737 (1992 census) tae 36,266 (2001 census), an increase o 14.3 %.

44 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 54 % hae nae sanitary facilities. 18 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 11 % in industrie, 71 % in general services. 84 % o the population are Catholics, 11 % Protestants.

Maist o the fowk are no indigenous, 43,3 % are ceetizens o Quechua descent.

Ethnic group	%
Quechua	43,3
Aymara	7,8
Guaraní, Chiquitos, Moxos	0,2
Nae indigenous	48,3
Ither indigenous groups	0,5

References

• Population data (Spainyie) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

Freemit airtins

• Villazón Municipality (= Modesto Omiste Province): population data an map Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 628 kB) (spanisch)