Santa Ana de Velasco

Santa Ana de Velasco (or simply Santa Ana) is a small town in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia.

Santa Ana de Velasco
Mission church of Santa Ana de Velasco
Mission church of Santa Ana de Velasco
Santa Ana de Velasco is located in Bolivia
Santa Ana de Velasco
Santa Ana de Velasco
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 16°35′1″S 60°41′16″W
Country Bolivia
Department Santa Cruz Department
ProvinceJosé Miguel de Velasco Province
MunicipalitySan Ignacio de Velasco Municipality
Elevation
1,522 ft (464 m)
Population
 (2010)est.
 • Total684
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

History

The mission of Santa Ana was founded in 1755 by Julian Knogler.[1][2]

Location

Santa Ana is the central town of Cantón Santa Ana and is located in the San Ignacio de Velasco Municipality, José Miguel de Velasco Province. It is known as part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, which is declared in 1990 a World Heritage Site,[3] as a former Jesuit Reduction. The town is situated at an elevation of 464 m in the Chiqitanía region between Santa Cruz capital and the Brazilian border.

Map showing the present location of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos in Bolivia

Transportation

Santa Ana is located 441 km north-east of Santa Cruz, the department's capital.

From there, the national road Ruta 4 goes north to Montero, Santa Cruz where it meets Ruta 10. This road goes east for 339 km to San Ignacio de Velasco, on its way passing San Ramón, San Javier and Santa Rosa de la Roca.

From San Igancio, a dirt road goes south to San Rafael de Velasco and passes Santa Ana after 45 km.

Population

The population of the place has increased rapidly over the past two decades:

  • 1992: 284 inhabitants (census)[4]
  • 2001: 483 inhabitants (census)[5]
  • 2010: 684 inhabitants (updating)[6]

Languages

Today, Camba Spanish is the most commonly used everyday language.[7] In the past, various dialects of Otuke, such as Covareca and Curuminaca, were spoken at the mission of Santa Ana.[8]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. World Heritage Site: Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
  4. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992
  5. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 2001
  6. World Gazetteer
  7. 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.
  8. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 60.
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