Eustaquio Méndez is a

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in the north-western parts of the

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n department of

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Location

''Eustaquio Méndez'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 20° 57' and 21° 36'

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and between 64° 23' and 65° 15'

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. The province borders

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in the north and west,

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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

The principal

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of the province is

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, spoken by 99.7% and 0.4% Guaraní. The population increased from 29,868 inhabitants (1992

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) 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

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, 77.8% have no sanitary facilities (1992). 67.8% of the population are employed in

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

, 0.1% in

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

, 5.9% in

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, 26.2% in general services (2001). 95.1% of the population are

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, 3.1% are

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(1992).

Division

The province comprises two

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: * El Puente Municipality * San Lorenzo Municipality

Towns

* Canasmoro

Places of interest

* Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve

External links

General map of provincePopulation data (Spanish)
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