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Santiago de Chiquitos

Place in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia

18°20′24″S 59°35′54″W / 18.34000°S 59.59833°W / -18.34000; -59.59833Country

BoliviaDepartment

Santa Cruz DepartmentProvinceChiquitos ProvinceMunicipalityRoboré MunicipalityElevation

2,041 ft (622 m)Population

(2012)

• Total1,927Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Santiago de Chiquitos is a small town in Roboré Municipality in Chiquitos Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. The mission of Santiago de Chiquitos is one of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos.^[1]

The town is located 467 km east of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and 22 km from the town of Roboré. It has a population of 1,927 as of the 2012 census, and is located within the Tucavaca Valley Municipal Reserve.

History

In 1754, the Jesuit Mission of Santiago de Chiquitos was founded by Jesuit missionaries Gaspar Troncoso and Gaspar Campos.^[2]^[3]

Languages

Camba Spanish is the most commonly used everyday language.^[4] The Santiagueño dialect of Chiquitano is also spoken in the town.^[5]

Culture

The annual fiesta takes place on July 25. The town maintains religious musical traditions.^[6]

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.
^ 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). "Contacto de lenguas en la Chiquitanía". Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas. 2 (2): 5–30. doi:10.18468/rbli.2019v2n2.p05-30.
^ Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
^ Barbery, Rubens (2019-02-03). "Santiago de Chiquitos, la antesala del cielo, se convirtió en una galería de arte" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-04-26.