Santo Corazón
Santo Corazón  | |
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![]() Santo Corazón  | |
| Coordinates: 17°58′26″S 58°48′24″W / 17.97389°S 58.80667°W | |
| Country | |
| Department | |
| Province | Ángel Sandoval Province | 
| Municipality | San Matías Municipality | 
| Elevation | 758 ft (231 m) | 
| Population  (2012)  | |
 • Total  | 774 | 
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) | 
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
References
- ^ World Heritage Site: Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 60.
 
 
