San Ignacio de Moxos explained

Official Name:San Ignacio de Moxos
Settlement Type:Town and municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of San Ignacio in Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: Beni Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2012 Census
Population Total:10,054
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-14.9961°N -65.64°W
Elevation M:144

San Ignacio de Moxos (or San Ignacio) is a town in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia.

History

San Ignacio de Moxos was founded in 1689 by the Jesuit missionaries Antonio de Orellana, Juan de Espejo and Alvaro de Mendoza. Its first location was 20 miles south of the current location of San Ignacio.

Geography

San Ignacio is the capital of the Moxos Province and is situated at an elevation of 144 m above sea level at Laguna Isiboro, a lake of 20 km2 west of the town. San Ignacio is located 100 km south-west of Trinidad, the department's capital.

San Ignacio de Moxos is located in the wettest region of the Beni department, situated on the border between the Amazon rainforests of the Chapare region, and the monsoonal llanos of western Santa Cruz and southwestern Beni. While San Ignacio de Moxos experiences a short dry season, rain is plentiful year round, and temperatures are generally warm to hot. The area has a tropical monsoon climate according to the Köppen Classification System, bordering on a tropical rainforest climate.

Climate

Population

The town population has risen from 4,832 (census 1992) to 9,064 (census 2001) and 10,054 (census 2012).

Languages

Camba Spanish is the primary vernacular lingua franca spoken in the town. Ignaciano,[1] a Moxo dialect, is the main indigenous language spoken.[2] [3]

Government

The current mayor of San Ignacio de Moxos is Basilio Nolvani Nojune (of the MAS-IPSP party), who was elected in the 4 April 2010 elections and took office in late May 2010.[4]

Date BeganDate EndedGovernorPartyNotes
Jan 20052006 Sixto Vejarano CongoCPEM-BFormer President, Subcentral of TIMI[5]
8 Aug 2006Elizabeth ZeladaPODEMOSCame to power after no-confidence vote by the Council in Vejerano[6]
30 May 2010Basilio Nolvani NojuneMAS-IPSPWon 51.5% in April election

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Key, Mary Ritchie. 2015. Ignaciano dictionary. In: Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. News: San Ignacio de Moxos declara Huésped de Honor a Evo Morales en celebración del 321 aniversario . Los Tiempos . 2011-05-15 . 2010-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121005212435/http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20100731/san-ignacio-de-moxos-declara-huesped-de-honor-a-evo-morales-en-celebracion_83023_157778.html . 2012-10-05 .
  5. "http://www.cipca.org.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=749:zdpa&catid=82:zdpa&Itemid=127," CIPCA Website, 17 January 2005.
  6. "Elizabeth Zelada, la nueva alcaldesa de San Ignacio de Mojos," CIPCA Website, 16 August 2005.