Cercado Province (Tarija)

Cercado is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.

The main language used in the province is Spanish, spoken by 99.4%, and 0.6% Guaraní.

In the census 2012 the population increased to 205,346 inhabitants, migration mainly driven by gas extraction boom of the region.

26.0% of the population have no access to electricity, 39.4% have no sanitary facilities (1992).

12.2% of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1% in mining, 11.5% in industry, 76.2% in general services (2001).