Loreto, Beni

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Place in Beni Department, Bolivia

15°11′34″S 64°45′32″W / 15.19278°S 64.75889°W / -15.19278; -64.75889Country

BoliviaDepartment

Beni DepartmentProvinceMarbán ProvinceMunicipalityLoreto MunicipalityElevation

520 ft (160 m)Population

(2001)

• Total843Time zoneUTC-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 Jesuit Missions of Moxo 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
^ 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.