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Cercado Province (Tarija)
Cercado is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.
Location
Cercado province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 21 15' and 21 51' south and between 64 20' and 65 00' west.
The province borders Eustaquio Mendez Province in the northwest, Jose Maria Aviles Province in the south-west, Aniceto Arce Province in the south, and Burnet O'Connor Province in the east.
The province extends over 80 km from north to south, and 80 km from east to west.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 99.4 %, while 11.5 % of the population speak Quechua, 2.4 speak Aymara, and 0.2 % Guarani.
The population increased from 108,241 inhabitants (1992 census) to 153,457 (2001 census), an increase of 41.8 %. - 39.4 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.
26.0 % of the population have no access to electricity, 39.4 % have no sanitary facilities (1992).
12.2 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1 % in mining, 11.5 % in industry, 76.2 % in general services (2001).
89.6 % of the population are Catholics, 6.3 % are Protestants (1992).
Division
In contrast to the neighbouring provinces, the province comprises only one municipio:
Tarija
External links
Detailed map of province towns and rivers
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