Villamontes

Villamontes is a metropolis in the Tarija branch in south-eastern Bolivia. additionally it's far called the benemerita town because of its importance at some point of the Chaco war within the 1930s. at some point of the Chaco warfare between Bolivia and Paraguay Villamontes accommodated the headquarters of the Bolivian army. throughout the very last level of the war, the principle lines of protection commanded via standard Bernardino Bilbao Rioja were situated here. Villamontes have become famous by the so-referred to as "Corralito de Villamontes", when the head of country, Dr. Daniel Salamanca Urey, turned into arrested with the aid of army gadgets all through his live at Villamontes, and on 28 November 1934 turned into substituted in a coup d'état with the aid of vp Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano.

Villamontes is positioned inside the subhumid tropical zone, with a wonderful dry season from June to September. West of the city in a north-southerly direction ranges the sub Andean Sierra del Aguarague, with a summit of 1,390 m 7 km west of Villamontes. The town is crossed by Rio Caiguami which discharges into Rio Pilcomayo at the southern outskirts of Villamontes.