Eustaquio Méndez Province

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

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 
Detailed map o province touns an rivers 
Population data (Spainyie) 

Category:Provinces o Tarija Depairtment