Loreto, Beni
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Loreto, Beni | |
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Loreto, Beni Location of Loreto in Bolivia | |
Coordinates: 15°11′34″S 64°45′32″W / 15.19278°S 64.75889°WCoordinates: 15°11′34″S 64°45′32″W / 15.19278°S 64.75889°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | Beni Department |
Province | Marbán Province |
Municipality | Loreto Municipality |
Elevation | 520 ft (160 m) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 843 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Loreto is a smalI municipality in the Beni Department in northern Bolivia, capital of the Marbán Province and Loreto Municipality.[1] In 2001, Loreto had a population of 843.
History[]
Loreto was the first of the to be founded. Loreto Mission was founded in 1682.[2]
Languages[]
Camba Spanish is the primary vernacular lingua franca spoken in the town. Loretano, a Moxo dialect, is the main indigenous language spoken.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Observatorio de la Bolivia Democrática (OBD)[permanent dead link]
- ^ Block, David (1994). Mission culture on the upper Amazon: native tradition, Jesuit enterprise, and secular policy in Moxos, 1660-1880. Lincoln}publisher=University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1232-1..
- ^ Danielsen, Swintha (2011). The personal paradigms in Baure and other South Arawakan languages. In Antoine Guillaume; Françoise Rose (eds.). International Journal of American Linguistics 77(4): 495-520.
- ^ Danielsen, Swintha; Terhart, Lena (2014). Paunaka. In Mily Crevels; Pieter Muysken (eds.). Lenguas de Bolivia, vol. III: Oriente, pp. 221-258. La Paz: Plural Editores.
External links[]
Categories:
- Populated places in Beni Department
- Jesuit Missions of Moxos
- Beni Department geography stubs