| Official Name: | San Joaquín |
| Settlement Type: | town |
| 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: | est. 2009 |
| Population Total: | 4589 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | BOT |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | -13.0414°N -64.6681°W |
| Elevation M: | 142 |
San Joaquín is a small agricultural town in the Beni Department in the Bolivian lowlands.
It is served by San Joaquín Airport.
The Jesuit mission of San Joaquín was founded in 1709.[1] Baure Indians resided at the mission.[2]
Camba Spanish is the primary vernacular lingua franca spoken in the town. The Joaquiniano dialect of Baure is also spoken in San Joaquín.[3] [4]
San Joaquín is the administrative capital of Mamoré Province and is at an elevation of 142 m above sea level. It is just west of the Machupo River, a tributary of the Iténez River.
San Joaquín is north of Trinidad, the department's capital.
San Joaquín is located in the Moxos Plains (Llanos de Moxos), at 100,000 km2 one of the greatest wetlands of the Earth. Main vegetation in the area of San Joaquín is the tropical savanna.
The yearly precipitation of the region is 1,800 mm, with a distinct dry season from May to September. Monthly average temperatures vary from 24 °C und 29 °C over the year.
Over the past two decades, the town's population has risen by circa 30%, from 3,489 (census 1992) to 4,094 (census 2001) and 4,589 (2009 estimate).[5] San Joaquin has been the site of a Machupo virus or Bolivian Hemorragic Fever outbreak in the 1960s.