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Eustaquio Mendez Province
Eustaquio Mendez is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.
Location
Eustaquio Mendez province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 20 57' and 21 36' south and between 64 23' and 65 15' west.
The province borders Chuquisaca Department in the north and west, Jose Maria Aviles Province in the south, Cercado Province in the south-east, and Burnet O'Connor Province in the east.
The province extends over 90 km from north to south, and 105 km from east to west.
Population
Main idiom of the province is Spanish, spoken by 99.7 %, while 1.7 % of the population speak Quechua, 0.2 speak Aymara, and 0.1 % Guarani.
The population increased from 29,868 inhabitants (1992 census) to 32,038 (2001 census), an increase of 7.3 %. - 46.9 % of the population are younger than 15 years old.
78.1 % of the population have no access to electricity, 77.8 % have no sanitary facilities (1992).
67.8 % of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1 % in mining, 5.9 % in industry, 26.2 % in general services (2001).
95.1 % of the population are Catholics, 3.1 % are Protestants (1992).
Division
The province comprises two municipio:
El Puente
San Lorenzo
External links
Detailed map of province towns and rivers
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