Santo Corazón

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
Santo Corazón
Coordinates: 17°58′26″S 58°48′24″W
Country	Bolivia
Department	Santa Cruz 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 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

• List of Jesuit sites
• List of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos

References

1. World Heritage Site: Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian Languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center. pp. 60.