Santo Corazón

Santo Corazón
Santo Corazón is located in Bolivia
Santo Corazón
Santo Corazón
Coordinates: 17°58′26″S 58°48′24″W / 17.97389°S 58.80667°W / -17.97389; -58.80667
Country Bolivia
Department Santa Cruz Department
ProvinceÁngel Sandoval Province
MunicipalitySan Matías Municipality
Elevation
758 ft (231 m)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
774
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Santo Corazón is a village in San Matías Municipality in Ángel Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, eastern Bolivia. The mission of Santo Corazón is one of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos.[1]

Santo Corazón has a population of 774 as of the 2012 census.

History

In 1760, the Jesuit Mission of Santo Corazón was founded by Jesuit missionaries Antonio Gaspar and José Chueca.[2][3]

Languages

Today, Camba Spanish is the most commonly used everyday language.[4] In the past, various dialects of Otuke, such as Coraveca (Curave, Ecorabe), were 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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