San José de Chiquitos

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San José de Chiquitos
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San José de Chiquitos is located in Bolivia
San José de Chiquitos
San José de Chiquitos
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°51′0″S 60°45′0″W / 17.85000°S 60.75000°W / -17.85000; -60.75000Coordinates: 17°51′0″S 60°45′0″W / 17.85000°S 60.75000°W / -17.85000; -60.75000
CountryFlag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
DepartmentFlag of Santa Cruz.svg Santa Cruz Department
ProvinceChiquitos Province
Municipality
Canton
Population
 (2001)
 • Total9,211
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

San José de Chiquitos or simply San José is the capital of Chiquitos Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is known as part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, which is declared in 1990 a World Heritage Site,[1] as a former Jesuit Reduction.

The ruins of the mission of San Juan Bautista, one of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, lie near the village of San Juan de Taperas in San José de Chiquitos Municipality.

History[]

In 1698, the mission of San José was founded by Jesuit missionaries Felipe Suárez and Fr. Dionisio Ávila. The mission hosted the Penoqui Indians.[2][3]

Languages[]

Today, Camba Spanish is the most commonly used everyday language.[4] In the past, the Penoqui dialect of Chiquitano was spoken at the mission of San José de Chiquitos.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ World Heritage Site: Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Nikulin, Andrey (2020). "Contacto de lenguas en la Chiquitanía". Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas. 2 (2): 5–30. doi:10.18468/rbli.2019v2n2.p05-30. S2CID 225674786.
  5. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 60.

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