Eustaquio Méndez Province
| Location in Bolivia | |
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| Capital | San Lorenzo |
| Area | 4,070 km2 |
| Population | 39,856 (2024) |
| Density | 9.9 inhabitants/km2 (2024) |
| ISO 3166-2 | BO.TR.MD |
Eustaquio Méndez is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian department of Tarija.
Location
[edit]Eustaquio Méndez 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, José María Avilés 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
[edit]The principal language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 99.7% and 0.4% Guaraní.
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
[edit]The province comprises two municipalities:
Towns
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