San Joaquín, Bolivia

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Town in Beni Department, Bolivia

San Joaquín

town

San Joaquín Mission Church

San Joaquín

Location of San Ignacio in Bolivia

Coordinates: 13°02′29″S 64°40′05″W﻿ / ﻿13.04139°S 64.66806°W﻿ / -13.04139; -64.66806
Country|  Bolivia
Department|  Beni Department
Province| Mamoré Province
Elevation

| 466 ft (142 m)
Population

(est. 2009)

• Total| 4,589
Time zone| UTC-4 (BOT)

San Joaquín is a small agricultural town in the Beni Department in the Bolivian lowlands.

It is served by San Joaquín Airport.

## History[edit]

The Jesuit mission of San Joaquín was founded in 1709.[1] Baure Indians resided at the mission.[2]

## Languages[edit]

Camba Spanish is the primary vernacular lingua franca spoken in the town. The Joaquiniano dialect of Baure is also spoken in San Joaquín.[3][4]

## Location[edit]

San Joaquín is the administrative capital of Mamoré Province and is at an elevation of 142 m above sea level. It is just west of the Machupo River, a tributary of the Iténez River.

San Joaquín is 220 kilometres (140 mi) north of Trinidad, the department's capital.

## Geography[edit]

San Joaquín is located in the Moxos Plains (Llanos de Moxos), at 100,000 km² one of the greatest wetlands of the Earth. Main vegetation in the area of San Joaquín is the tropical savanna.

## Climate[edit]

The yearly precipitation of the region is 1,800 mm, with a distinct dry season from May to September. Monthly average temperatures vary from 24 °C und 29 °C over the year.

Climate data for San Joaquin

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 33
(92)  | 34
(93)  | 34
(94)  | 33
(92)  | 31
(88)  | 34
(93)  | 34
(93)  | 35
(95)  | 36
(97)  | 36
(96)  | 33
(92)  | 33
(91)  | 34
(93)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 22
(72)  | 22
(72)  | 22
(72)  | 22
(72)  | 18
(65)  | 19
(67)  | 18
(65)  | 18
(64)  | 20
(68)  | 21
(70)  | 22
(71)  | 23
(73)  | 21
(69)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 304.9
(12.00)  | 288.7
(11.37)  | 273.0
(10.75)  | 138.7
(5.46)  | 62.2
(2.45)  | 26.3
(1.04)  | 16.7
(0.66)  | 35.1
(1.38)  | 79.6
(3.13)  | 142.5
(5.61)  | 218.6
(8.61)  | 295.5
(11.63)  | 1,881.8
(74.09)
Source: Weatherbase [5]

## Population[edit]

Over the past two decades, the town's population has risen by circa 30%, from 3,489 (census 1992) to 4,094 (census 2001) and 4,589 (2009 estimate).[6] San Joaquin has been the site of a Machupo virus or Bolivian Hemorragic Fever outbreak in the 1960s.

## Notable people[edit]

* Jeanine Áñez, politician

## References[edit]

1. ^ Block, David (1994). Mission culture on the upper Amazon: native tradition, Jesuit enterprise, and secular policy in Moxos, 1660-1880. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1232-1..
2. ^ Meireles, Denise Maldi. 1989. Guardiães da fronteira: Rio Guaporé, século XVIII. Petrópolis: Vozes. ISBN 85-326-0017-4.
3. ^ Danielsen, Swintha (2011). The personal paradigms in Baure and other South Arawakan languages. In Antoine Guillaume; Françoise Rose (eds.). International Journal of American Linguistics 77(4): 495-520.
4. ^ Danielsen, Swintha; Terhart, Lena (2014). Paunaka. In Mily Crevels; Pieter Muysken (eds.). Lenguas de Bolivia, vol. III: Oriente, pp. 221-258. La Paz: Plural Editores.
5. ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for San Joaquin, Bolivia". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
6. ^ World Gazetteer[dead link]

## External links[edit]

* Detailed map of Mamoré Province
* San Joaquín climate (German)

13°02′29″S 64°40′05″W﻿ / ﻿13.04139°S 64.66806°W﻿ / -13.04139; -64.66806﻿ (San Ignacio de Moxos)

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Beni Department

Capital: La Santísima Trinidad

Provinces|

* Cercado
* Iténez
* José Ballivián
* Mamoré
* Marbán
* Moxos
* Vaca Díez
* Yacuma

Municipalities
and seats|

* Baures (Baures)
* Exaltación (Exaltación)
* Guayaramerín (Guayaramerín)
* Huacaraje (Huacaraje)
* Loreto (Loreto)
* Magdalena (Magdalena)
* Puerto Siles (Puerto Siles)
* Reyes (Reyes)
* Riberalta (Riberalta)
* Rurrenabaque (Rurrenabaque)
* San Andrés (San Andrés)
* San Borja (San Borja)
* San Ignacio (San Ignacio)
* San Javier (San Javier)
* San Joaquín (San Joaquín)
* San Ramón (San Ramón)
* Santa Ana (Santa Ana del Yacuma)
* Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa)
* Trinidad (Trinidad)

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Jesuit Missions of Moxos

Missions|

* Loreto
* Trinidad
* San Ignacio
* San Javier
* San Borja
* Santos Reyes
* Exaltación
* San Joaquín
* Santa Ana
* Santa Magdalena

Peoples|

* Mojo
* Baure
* Canichana
* Movima
* Cayuvava
* Itonama
* Tsimané

Languages|

* Moxo
* Baure
* Canichana
* Movima
* Cayubaba
* Itonama
* Tsimané
* Reyesano
* Mamoré–Guaporé linguistic area

| Chapacuran|

* Itene
* Chapacura
* Napeca
* Rocorona
* Quitemo

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Geography|

* Beni savanna
* Beni Department

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Other|

* NARA

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