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TARIJA, or TARIXA

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 427 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TARIJA, or TARIXA , a See also:department and See also:town of See also:south-eastern See also:Bolivia. The department lies on the See also:northern frontier of See also:Argentina, and is bounded W. by See also:Potosi, N. by See also:Chuquisaca, and E. by See also:Paraguay. Pop. (1900) See also:Io2,887. See also:Area, 33,036 sq. m. The eastern and larger See also:part of the department belongs to the See also:great See also:Chaco region. The Chaco districts are inhabited by small nomadic tribes of See also:Indians, and the grassy Llanos de Manzo by the Chiriguanos, one of the strong See also:Indian nations of South See also:America. They are considered a See also:branch of the Guarany See also:race, and live in permanent villages, breed horses, See also:cattle and See also:sheep, and till the See also:soil. Near the See also:Argentine frontier are the less civilized tribes of the Tobas, and in the mountainous districts are remnants of the Quichuas, once masters of an See also:empire. The See also:capital, See also:SAN BERNARDO DE TARIJA (pop. 1900, 698o; 1906, estimate, 7817), is the only town of importance in the department. It is situated on the Rio Grande de Tarija, about See also:loo m.

E. of Tupiza. It is about 5800 ft. above See also:

sea level and its See also:climate is mild and healthy. The town was founded in 1577 by Luiz de Fuertes, by orders of the See also:Viceroy of See also:Peru, as a military See also:post to hold the Chiriguanos in check. About the same See also:time the See also:Jesuits established themselves here, and the most important See also:building in the town is their See also:convent, afterwards occupied by the See also:Franciscans.

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