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 / 18.883°S 65.650°W / -18.883; -65.650
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.

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.

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

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.^[1]

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

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

v t e Potosí Depairtment
Caipital: Potosí
Provinces	Alonso de Ibáñez Antonio Quijarro Bernardino Bilbao Charcas Chayanta Cornelio Saavedra Daniel Campos Enrique Baldivieso José María Linares Modesto Omiste Nor Chichas Nor Lípez Rafael Bustillo Sud Chichas Sur Lípez Tomás Frías
Municipalities (an seats)	Acasio (Acasio) Arampampa (Arampampa) Atocha (Atocha) Betanzos (Betanzos) Caiza "D" (Caiza "D") Ckochas (Ckochas) Caripuyo (Caripuyo) Chaquí (Chaquí) Chayanta (Chayanta) Chuquihuta (Chuquihuta) Colcha "K" (Colcha "K") Colquechaca (Colquechaca) Cotagaita (Cotagaita) Llallagua (Llallagua) Llica (Llica) Mojinete Municipality (Mojinete) Ocurí (Ocurí) Pocoata (Pocoata) Porco (Porco) Potosí (Potosí) Puna (Puna) Ravelo (Ravelo) Sacaca (Sacaca) San Agustín (San Agustín) San Antonio de Esmoruco (San Antonio de Esmoruco) San Pablo de Lípez (San Pablo de Lípez) San Pedro de Buena Vista (San Pedro de Buena Vista) San Pedro de Quemes (San Pedro de Quemes) Tacobamba (Tacobamba) Tahua (Tahua) Tinguipaya (Tinguipaya) Tomave (Tomave) Toro Toro (Toro Toro) Tupiza (Tupiza) Uncía (Uncía) Urmiri (Urmiri) Uyuni (Uyuni) Villazón (Villazón) Vitichi (Vitichi) Yocalla (Yocalla)