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Villamontes | |
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  Villamontes Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates:21°15′39″S63°28′34″W / 21.26083°S 63.47611°W /-21.26083; -63.47611 | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Tarija |
| Province | Gran Chaco |
| Elevation | 388 m (1,273 ft) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 39,800 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Villamontes orVilla Montes is a town in theTarija Department in south-easternBolivia.
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Villamontes is the administrative center ofVillamontes Municipality and is situated at 388 m above sea level, on the left bank ofRío Pilcomayo where the river crosses theSierra del Aguarague mountain range and flows southeast into theChaco-Foreland.
Villamontes is located in the subhumidtropical zone, with a distinctdry season from June to September.
West of the town in a north-southerly direction ranges the subAndeanSierra del Aguarague, with a summit of 1,390 m 7 km west of Villamontes.
The town is crossed byRío Caiguami which discharges intoRío Pilcomayo on the southern outskirts of Villamontes.
Villamontes has recorded the hottest temperature ever in Bolivia, 46.7 °C (116.1 °F), several times, most recently on 29 October 2010.[2]
During theChaco War between Bolivia andParaguay (1932–1935) Villamontes accommodated the headquarters of the Bolivian Army. During the final stage of the war, the main lines of defense commanded by GeneralBernardino Bilbao Rioja were situated here.
Villamontes became famous by the so-called "Corralito de Villamontes" (1934), when the head of state, Dr.Daniel Salamanca Urey, was arrested by army units during his stay at Villamontes, and on 28 November 1934 was substituted in acoup d'état by vice presidentJosé Luis Tejada Sorzano.
Villamontes had a population of 11,086 inhabitants in 1992 (census), 16,214 inhabitants in 2001 (census), and has more than 20,000 inhabitants by 2007. In the official data of the census 2012, the municipality of Villa Montes has 39,800 inhabitants which is an increase more than 100% compared to the 2001 census.Reason for the explosive increase has been the deployment ofoil andgas fields in this region since the early 1990s.
| Climate data for Villamontes (Aguaraycito), elevation 396 m (1,299 ft), (1991–2015) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.2 (91.8) | 31.8 (89.2) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 29.4 (84.9) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.9 (93.0) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.6 (94.3) | 30.9 (87.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 23.9 (74.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.9 (57.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 9.7 (49.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 16.8 (62.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 106.7 (4.20) | 131.1 (5.16) | 100.0 (3.94) | 52.0 (2.05) | 15.5 (0.61) | 3.6 (0.14) | 1.1 (0.04) | 0.8 (0.03) | 9.6 (0.38) | 32.1 (1.26) | 74.8 (2.94) | 110.3 (4.34) | 637.6 (25.09) |
| Average precipitation days | 6.1 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 44.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 64.4 | 70.2 | 69.8 | 73.3 | 71.0 | 66.5 | 57.4 | 47.4 | 46.9 | 53.1 | 57.6 | 65.7 | 61.9 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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