Modesto Omiste Province

Province of Modesto Omiste Province
Basic data
Country	Bolivia
Department	Potosí
Seat	Villazón
surface	2260 km²
Residents	44,645 (2012)
density	20 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BO-P

Coordinates: 21 ° 55 ′  S , 65 ° 39 ′  W

Modesto Omiste is a province in the southeastern part of the Potosí department in the highlands of the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

location

The province of Modesto Omiste is one of sixteen provinces in the Department of Potosí. It lies between 21 ° 39 'and 22 ° 06' south latitude and between 65 ° 10 'and 66 ° 08' west longitude . It borders on the province of Sur Chichas in the north, the Tarija department in the east , and the Republic of Argentina in the south and southwest . The province extends for about 120 kilometers in an east-west direction and 65 kilometers in a north-south direction.

population

The population of the province of Modesto Omiste has increased by more than a third over the past two decades:

• 1992 : 31,737 inhabitants ( census )
• 2001 : 36,266 inhabitants (census)
• 2012 : 44,645 inhabitants (census)

The most important idiom of the province with 97 percent is Spanish , 44 percent of the population speak Quechua . The capital of the province is Villazón with 35,167 inhabitants ( 2012 ).

44 percent of the population have no access to electricity, 54 percent live without sanitary facilities. 18 percent of the population work in agriculture, 11 percent in industry, 71 percent in services. 84 percent of the population are Catholic, 11 percent Protestant. ( 2001 )

structure

The province consists only (from a district Bolivian : Municipio ), the municipality of Villazón , located in thirteen cantons ( cantones ) divided:

• 05-1501-01 Canton of Villazón - 23 towns - 39,429 inhabitants ( 2012 census )
• 05-1501-02 Canton of Moraya - 9 localities - 646 inhabitants
• 05-1501-03 Canton Berque - 2 villages - 112 inhabitants
• 05-1501-04 Canton Casira - 2 villages - 560 inhabitants
• 05-1501-05 Canton Chagua - 7 localities - 497 inhabitants
• 05-1501-06 Canton Chipihuayco - 2 villages - 574 inhabitants
• 05-1501-07 Canton Mojo - 1 localities - 117 inhabitants
• 05-1501-08 Canton of San Pedro de Sococha - 3 localities - 501 inhabitants
• 05-1501-09 Canton Sarcari - 1 village - 95 inhabitants
• 05-1501-10 Canton Sococha - 2 villages - 462 inhabitants
• 05-1501-11 Canton Salitre - 2 towns - 175 inhabitants
• 05-1501-12 Canton Sagnasti - 6 localities - 589 inhabitants
• 05-1501-13 Canton Yuruma - 2 localities - 888 inhabitants

Localities in the province of Modesto Omiste

• Villazón 35,167 pop - Matancillas 801 pop - Yuruma 684 pop - Chipihuayco 506 pop - Casira Grande 358 pop - Higueras 341 pop - Sagnasti 278 pop - Mojo 253 pop - Sococha 192 pop - Cuartos 188 pop. - Moraya pop. 187.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
2. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
3. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) 2012 ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Potosí Department - Social data (PDF 5.36 MB) ( Spanish )
• Municipio Villazón - detailed map and population data (PDF; 628 kB) ( Spanish )