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Villamontes
Villa Montes, also written as Villamontes, is a municipality and city in southern Bolivia, in the Tarija Department, Gran Chaco Province. The city is located on the slopes of the Aguaragüe Range and lies at an elevation of 388 meters above sea level. It is situated on the left bank of the Pilcomayo River and is crossed by the Caiguamí stream.
The main economic activities in the region are livestock farming, beekeeping, and fishing. Petroleum-related activities generate additional sources of employment.
The San Francisco Solano Mission was founded on 24 July 1860 by Fathers Alejandro María Corrado and Marino Mariani, during the government of General José María de Achá, at a location known as Puesto Uno. The mission was burned several times by Tobas, Choroti, Tapiete, and Guaraní Indigenous groups.
Subsequently, on 4 October 1862, the San Francisco Solano Mission was relocated a quarter of a league to the west, to the site where the present-day city of Villa Montes is located. This move occurred after Guaraní groups led by the cacique Arobia burned isolated huts and some structures within the quadrangle where the chapel had been built.
In 1866, the Franciscan mission was restored by Friar José Gianelli on the left bank of the Pilcomayo River, with the purpose of converting the Indigenous tribes who lived from fishing to the Catholic religion.
Villa Montes was founded by supreme decree on 27 December 1905 on land belonging to the San Francisco Solano and San Antonio de Padua missions, by Leocadio Trigo Achá, prefect of the Tarija Department and commander of the Bolivian expedition to the Chaco.
The supreme decree issued by President Ismael Montes ordered the establishment on those lands of a Civil and Administrative Center, where civil and military authorities would reside, and which would be named Villa Montes and Seat of the National Delegate of the Gran Chaco.
During the first two years of the Chaco War (1932–1935), Villa Montes was an important center in the Bolivian logistical line, due to its supply depots, workshops, and field hospitals. During the final phase of the war, from January to June 1935, it was the main hub of the Bolivian defensive system in the Chaco. Its defense, aimed at preventing the Tarija region from falling under Paraguayan control, was entrusted to Colonel Bernardino Bilbao Rioja.
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Villamontes
Villa Montes, also written as Villamontes, is a municipality and city in southern Bolivia, in the Tarija Department, Gran Chaco Province. The city is located on the slopes of the Aguaragüe Range and lies at an elevation of 388 meters above sea level. It is situated on the left bank of the Pilcomayo River and is crossed by the Caiguamí stream.
The main economic activities in the region are livestock farming, beekeeping, and fishing. Petroleum-related activities generate additional sources of employment.
The San Francisco Solano Mission was founded on 24 July 1860 by Fathers Alejandro María Corrado and Marino Mariani, during the government of General José María de Achá, at a location known as Puesto Uno. The mission was burned several times by Tobas, Choroti, Tapiete, and Guaraní Indigenous groups.
Subsequently, on 4 October 1862, the San Francisco Solano Mission was relocated a quarter of a league to the west, to the site where the present-day city of Villa Montes is located. This move occurred after Guaraní groups led by the cacique Arobia burned isolated huts and some structures within the quadrangle where the chapel had been built.
In 1866, the Franciscan mission was restored by Friar José Gianelli on the left bank of the Pilcomayo River, with the purpose of converting the Indigenous tribes who lived from fishing to the Catholic religion.
Villa Montes was founded by supreme decree on 27 December 1905 on land belonging to the San Francisco Solano and San Antonio de Padua missions, by Leocadio Trigo Achá, prefect of the Tarija Department and commander of the Bolivian expedition to the Chaco.
The supreme decree issued by President Ismael Montes ordered the establishment on those lands of a Civil and Administrative Center, where civil and military authorities would reside, and which would be named Villa Montes and Seat of the National Delegate of the Gran Chaco.
During the first two years of the Chaco War (1932–1935), Villa Montes was an important center in the Bolivian logistical line, due to its supply depots, workshops, and field hospitals. During the final phase of the war, from January to June 1935, it was the main hub of the Bolivian defensive system in the Chaco. Its defense, aimed at preventing the Tarija region from falling under Paraguayan control, was entrusted to Colonel Bernardino Bilbao Rioja.