{{Short description|Province of Bolivia}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Gran Chaco | other_name = {{small|Gran Chaco}} | settlement_type = [[Provinces of Bolivia|Province]] | image_map = Bolivia Tarija Gran Chaco.png | map_caption = Location of Gran Chaco in Bolivia | image_map1 = Bolivia department of tarija.png | map_caption1 = Location of Gran Chaco in Tarija | coordinates = {{coord|21|40|S|62|45|W|region:BO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Bolivia]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Bolivia|Department]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Tarija Department|Tarija]] | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Yacuíba]] | area_total_km2 = 17594 | population_total = 159,237 | population_as_of = 2024 census | population_density_km2 = 8.6 | iso_code = <!-- BO.TR.GC is not an ISO code, see: www.statoids.com/ybo.html --> | footnotes = }}

'''Gran Chaco''' is a [[Provinces of Bolivia|province]] in the eastern part of [[Bolivia]], located in the [[Departments of Bolivia|department of]] [[Tarija Department|Tarija]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tholen |first=Paul M. |url=https://www.fao.org/4/ar847s/ar847s.pdf |title=Complejo de tierra en la provincia Gran Chaco. Una determinación de cualidades de la tierra a nivel de reconocimiento. |last2=Villagra A. |first2=Oscar |date= |publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]] |year=1990 |pages=5-6 |language=es}}</ref> The province voted to become an autonomous region on December 6, 2009.

==Location== ''Gran Chaco'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department.<ref name=":0" /> It is located between 21° 00' and 22° 17' [[Latitude|south]] and between 62° 16' and 64° 18' [[Longitude|west]].<ref name=":0" />

The province borders [[Chuquisaca Department]] in the north, [[Burnet O'Connor Province]] in the north-west, [[Aniceto Arce Province]] in the south-west, [[Argentina]] in the south, and [[Paraguay]] in the east.

The province extends over 200&nbsp;km from north to south, and 200&nbsp;km from east to west.

==Population== The main [[language]] of the province is [[Spanish language|Spanish]], spoken by 98.4%, while 11.5% of the population speak [[Quechua language|Quechua]], 3.0% speak [[Aymara language|Aymara]], and 2.7% [[Guarani language|Guaraní]].

The population increased from 74,612 inhabitants (1992 [[census]]) to 116,318 (2001 census), an increase of 55.9%. 41.9% of the population are younger than 15 years old.

50.7% of the population have no access to [[Electricity generation|electricity]], 41.1% have no [[Tap water|sanitary facilities]] (1992).

19.1% of the population are employed in [[Primary sector of industry|agriculture]], 1.4% in [[mining]], 8.3% in [[Secondary sector of industry|industry]], 71.2% in [[Tertiary sector of industry|general services]] (2001).

86.8% of the population are [[Roman Catholicism in Bolivia|Catholics]], 9.4% are [[Protestantism in South America|Protestants]] (1992).

==Division== The province comprises three [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipalities]]: *[[Caraparí|Caraparí Municipality]] *[[Villamontes|Villamontes Municipality]] *[[Yacuiba|Yacuiba Municipality]]

== Places of interest == * [[Aguaragüe National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area]] * [[Tariquía Flora and Fauna National Reserve]]

== See also == * [[Agriculture in Bolivia|Agriculture of Bolivia]] * [[Provinces of Bolivia]] * [[Bolivia]] * [[Bolivian cuisine]] * [[Bolivian wine]]

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201236/http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/tarija/t_gchaco.htm General map of province] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201136/http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/tarija/gchaco.htm Detailed map of province towns and rivers] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070222115622/http://www.ine.gov.bo/cgi-bin/PIWDGEOxx.EXE Population data (Spanish)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110428105059/http://www.autonomia.gob.bo/portal3/content/regi%C3%B3n-aut%C3%B3noma-chaco-tarije%C3%B1o Región Autónoma Chaco Tarijeño - Ministerio de Autonomías]

== References == [[Category:Provinces of Tarija Department]] [[Category:Gran Chaco]] [[Category:Autonomous provinces]] <references />{{Authority control}}