San Rafael Municipality, Santa Cruz Explained

Official Name:San Rafael Municipality, Bolivia
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of San Rafael within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Santa Cruz Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:José Miguel de Velasco Province
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:San Rafael de Velasco
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Rosauro Flores Silva
Leader Title1:President
Leader Name1:Carmelo Flores Dorado
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:9824.33
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:5017
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:-16.7869°N -60.6738°W

San Rafael Municipality is the third municipal section of the José Miguel de Velasco Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. San Rafael de Velasco is the seat of the municipality. Its mission church is part of the World Heritage Site Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos.

Languages

The predominant language spoken in the San Rafael Municipality is Spanish.[1]

LanguageInhabitants
Quechua29
Aymara22
Guaraní13
Another native 89
4,600
Foreign63
Only native11
Native and Spanish136
Only Spanish4,469

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Notes and References

  1. http://obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo/municipal/fichas/ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo