Villamontes

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Villamontes is a town in southeastern Bolivia known as a regional center in the Gran Chaco area and a key crossing point near the border with Paraguay.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Villamontes canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Villamontes Municipality ⓘ
borderRegion Bolivia–Paraguay border ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
climateClassification Köppen BSh (semi-arid, hot) ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
coordinateLocation -21.25,-63.47 ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Tarija Department ⓘ
demographics mixed indigenous and mestizo population ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 400 km southeast of Tarija ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
natural gas industry ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 390 metres ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent Guaraní people ⓘ
linked to: Guarani peoples
hasDrySeason austral winter ⓘ
hasEducationalFacilityType secondary schools ⓘ
hasHealthFacilityType regional hospital ⓘ
hasHotSeason austral summer ⓘ
hasIndustry food processing ⓘ
petroleum services ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatusSince 20th century ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park ⓘ
hasRiverineFeature Pilcomayo River floodplain ⓘ
hasTransportFacility Villamontes Airport ⓘ
isBorderCrossingPointTo Paraguay ⓘ
isRegionalCenterOf Gran Chaco area ⓘ
linked to: Gran Chaco
languageUsed Guaraní ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Gran Chaco ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Gran Chaco Province ⓘ
Tarija Department ⓘ
locatedInGeographicalFeature Chaco plain ⓘ
linked to: Chaco
locatedOnRiver Pilcomayo River ⓘ
nearBorderWith Paraguay ⓘ
partOfRegion Bolivian Chaco ⓘ
linked to: Gran Chaco
population approximately 40000 ⓘ
postalCountryCode BO ⓘ
regionalImportance key crossing point between Bolivia and Paraguay in the Chaco ⓘ
regionalRole commercial hub for surrounding rural areas ⓘ
service center for Gran Chaco oil and gas fields ⓘ
roadConnection Ruta 11 (Bolivia) ⓘ
Ruta 9 (Bolivia) ⓘ
timeZone UTC-4 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pilcomayo River → majorCityOnRiver → Villamontes ⓘ
Tarija Department → containsCity → Villamontes ⓘ