Santo Corazón Explained

Official Name:Santo Corazón
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bolivia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: Santa Cruz Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ángel Sandoval Province
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:San Matías Municipality
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:774
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-17.9739°N -58.8067°W
Elevation M:231

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

Notes and References

  1. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/529 World Heritage Site: Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  2. Web site: Departamento de Historia Moderna, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED. Lasso Varela. Isidro José. Influencias del cristianismo entre los Chiquitanos desde la llegada de los Españoles hasta la expulsión de los Jesuitas. 2009-02-03. 2008-06-26. Spanish.
  3. Web site: Groesbeck. Geoffrey A. P.. A Brief History of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos (eastern Bolivia). Colonialvoyage. 2009-01-16. 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090106173530/http://www.colonialvoyage.com/boliviamissions.html. 2009-01-06.
  4. Nikulin . Andrey . Contacto de lenguas en la Chiquitanía . Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas . 2020 . 2 . 2 . 5–30. 10.18468/rbli.2019v2n2.p05-30 . 225674786 . free .
  5. Book: Loukotka, Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka . Classification of South American Indian Languages . registration . UCLA Latin American Center . 1968 . Los Angeles . 60.