San Joaquín, Bolivia

History

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

Languages

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

Location

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 km north of Trinidad, the department's capital.

Geography

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

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.

|Jan record high C = 37.1 |Feb record high C = 38.0 |Mar record high C = 38.0 |Apr record high C = 37.2 |May record high C = 37.4 |Jun record high C = 37.5 |Jul record high C = 38.0 |Aug record high C = 39.5 |Sep record high C = 40.1 |Oct record high C = 39.6 |Nov record high C = 38.5 |Dec record high C = 37.6 |Jan record low C = 17.9 |Feb record low C = 13.9 |Mar record low C = 14.0 |Apr record low C = 10.5 |May record low C = 9.5 |Jun record low C = 5.3 |Jul record low C = 6.8 |Aug record low C = 5.0 |Sep record low C = 9.3 |Oct record low C = 10.8 |Nov record low C = 14.1 |Dec record low C = 16.3 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180607025840/http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet | archive-date = 7 June 2018 | access-date = 15 June 2024}} | access-date = 15 June 2024}}

Population

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). San Joaquin has been the site of a Machupo virus or Bolivian Hemorragic Fever outbreak in the 1960s.

Notable people

• Jeanine Áñez, politician

References

References

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4. 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.
5. 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.
6. (July 2021)