San Javier, Ñuflo de Chávez
San Javier | |
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 Mission church of San Javier | |
  San Javier | |
| Coordinates: 16°16′29″S 62°30′26″W / 16.2748°S 62.5072°WCoordinates: 16°16′29″S 62°30′26″W / 16.2748°S 62.5072°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department |  Santa Cruz Department |
| Province | Ñuflo de Chávez Province |
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| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 6,048 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
San Javier (San Francisco Xavier de los Piñocas or San Xavier) is the seat of in Ñuflo de Chávez Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. The mission of San Javier is known as part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, declared in 1990 a World Heritage Site,[1] as a former Jesuit Reduction.
History[]
In 1691, the mission of San Francisco Xavier was founded by Jesuit missionary José de Arce. The mission hosted the Piñoca Indians. In 1696, due to the incursion of Paulistas from Brazil, the mission was relocated to the San Miguel River. It was relocated again in 1698, this time closer to Santa Cruz, due to another Paulista incursion. In 1708, Spanish from Santa Cruz captured many Indians, and the mission had to be relocated away from Santa Cruz.[2][3]
Languages[]
The Piñoco dialect of Chiquitano, now extinct, was spoken in San Javier.[4]
Today, Camba Spanish, which has many words from Piñoco, is spoken in San Javier.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ World Heritage Site: Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
- ^ Lasso Varela, Isidro José (2008-06-26). "Influencias del cristianismo entre los Chiquitanos desde la llegada de los Españoles hasta la expulsión de los Jesuitas" (in Spanish). Departamento de Historia Moderna, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED. Retrieved 2009-02-03. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ Groesbeck, Geoffrey A. P. (2008). "A Brief History of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos (eastern Bolivia)". Colonialvoyage. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ Nikulin, Andrey (2020). Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (PDF) (Ph.D. dissertation). Brasília: Universidade de Brasília.
- ^ Nikulin, Andrey (2019). "Contacto de lenguas en la Chiquitanía". Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas. 2 (2): 5–30.
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- World-Gazetteer.com / Population at archive.today (archived 2012-12-05)
- Map of Ñuflo de Chávez Province
- San Javier: Description of Jesuit mission with pictures and information
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- Populated places in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
- Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
- World Heritage Sites in Bolivia
- Tourist attractions in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
- Churches in Bolivia
- Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos