San Joaquín, Bolivia

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San Joaquín
town
San Joaquín Mission Church
San Joaquín Mission Church
San Joaquín is located in Bolivia
San Joaquín
San Joaquín
Location of San Ignacio in Bolivia
Coordinates: 13°02′29″S 64°40′05″W / 13.04139°S 64.66806°W / -13.04139; -64.66806
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
DepartmentFlag of Beni.svg Beni Department
ProvinceMamoré Province
Elevation
466 ft (142 m)
Population
 (est. 2009)
 • Total4,589
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

San Joaquín is a small agricultural town in the Beni Department in the Bolivian lowlands.

It is served by San Joaquín Airport.

History[]

The Jesuit mission of San Joaquín was founded in 1709.[1] Baure Indians resided at the mission.[2]

Languages[]

Camba Spanish is the primary vernacular lingua franca spoken in the town. The Joaquiniano dialect of Baure is also spoken in San Joaquín.[3][4]

Location[]

San Joaquín is the administrative capital of Mamoré Province and is at an elevation of 142 m above sea level. It is just west of the Machupo River, a tributary of the Iténez River.

San Joaquín is 220 kilometres (140 mi) north of Trinidad, the department's capital.

Geography[]

San Joaquín is located in the Moxos Plains (Llanos de Moxos), at 100,000 km² one of the greatest wetlands of the Earth. Main vegetation in the area of San Joaquín is the tropical savanna.

Climate[]

The yearly precipitation of the region is 1,600 mm, with a distinct dry season from May to September. Monthly average temperatures vary from 24 °C und 29 °C over the year.

hideClimate data for San Joaquin
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 33
(92) 		34
(93) 		34
(94) 		33
(92) 		31
(88) 		34
(93) 		34
(93) 		35
(95) 		36
(97) 		36
(96) 		33
(92) 		33
(91) 		34
(93)
Average low °C (°F) 22
(72) 		22
(72) 		22
(72) 		22
(72) 		18
(65) 		19
(67) 		18
(65) 		18
(64) 		20
(68) 		21
(70) 		22
(71) 		23
(73) 		21
(69)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 230
(9.2) 		220
(8.7) 		170
(6.5) 		100
(4) 		48
(1.9) 		20
(0.8) 		13
(0.5) 		28
(1.1) 		58
(2.3) 		140
(5.4) 		150
(5.8) 		220
(8.5) 		1,390
(54.7)
Source: Weatherbase [5]

Population[]

Over the past two decades, the town's population has risen by circa 30%, from 3,489 (census 1992) to 4,094 (census 2001) and 4,589 (2009 estimate).[6] San Joaquin has been the site of a Machupo virus or Bolivian Hemorragic Fever outbreak in the 1960s.

Notable people[]

References[]

  1. ^ Block, David (1994). Mission culture on the upper Amazon: native tradition, Jesuit enterprise, and secular policy in Moxos, 1660-1880. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1232-1..
  2. ^ Meireles, Denise Maldi. 1989. Guardiães da fronteira: Rio Guaporé, século XVIII. Petrópolis: Vozes. ISBN 85-326-0017-4.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for San Joaquin, Bolivia". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
  6. ^ World Gazetteer[dead link]

External links[]

Coordinates: 13°02′29″S 64°40′05″W / 13.04139°S 64.66806°W / -13.04139; -64.66806 (San Ignacio de Moxos)

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