Franz Tamayo is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz.

It lies in the western part of the nation, and includes the Ulla Ulla National Reserve - which today is part of the Apolobamba Integrated Management Natural Area - in the high Andean plain on the western border with Peru.

On December 20, 1967 the name was changed in honor of the Bolivian intellectual, writer and politician Franz Tamayo (1878–1956).

The highest mountain of the province is Chawpi Urqu (Wisk'achani) at 6,044 m (19,829 ft).

Other mountains are listed below:[1][2] Franz Tamayo Province is divided into two municipalities which are further subdivided into nine cantons.