Eustaquio Méndez Province

Eustaquio Méndez is a province in the northwastren pairts o the Bolivie depairtment o Tarija.

Eustaquio Méndez

Location in Bolivie
Main Data
Caipital	San Lorenzo
Aurie	4,070 km²
Population	32,038 (2001)
Densitie	7.9 inhabitants/km² (2001)
ISO 3166-2	BO.TR.MD

Location

Eustaquio Méndez province is ane o sax provinces in the Tarija Depairtment. It is locatit atween 20° 57' and 21° 36' sooth an atween 64° 23' an 65° 15' wast.

The province borders Chuquisaca Depairtment in the north an wast, José María Avilés Province in the sooth, Cercado Province in the sooth-east, an Burdett O'Connor Province in the east.

The province extends ower 90 km frae north tae sooth, an 105 km frae east tae wast.

Population

The principal leid o the province is Spaingie, spoken bi 99.7 %, while 1.7 % o the population speak Quechua, 0.2 speak Aymara, an 0.1 % Guaraní.

The population increased frae 29,868 inhabitants (1992 census) tae 32,038 (2001 census), an increase o 7.3 %. - 46.9 % o the population are younger than 15 year auld.

78.1 % o the population hae nae access tae electricity, 77.8 % hae nae sanitar facilities (1992).

67.8 % o the population are employed in agricultur, 0.1 % in minin, 5.9 % in industrie, 26.2 % in general services (2001).

95.1 % o the population are Catholics, 3.1 % are Protestants (1992).

Diveesion

The province comprises twa municipalities:

• El Puente Municipality
• San Lorenzo Municipality

Places o interest

• Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve

Freemit airtins

• General map o province Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Detailed map o province touns an rivers Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Population data (Spainyie) Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine