San Javier (San Francisco Xavier de los Piñocas or San Xavier) is the seat of
San Javier Municipality in
Ñuflo de Chávez Province
Ñuflo de Chávez is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the northern and central parts of the department. The name of the province honors the conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves (1518–1556) who foun ...
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Santa Cruz Department
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Bolivia
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. The mission of San Javier is known as part of the ''
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos'', declared in 1990 a
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...
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World Heritage Site: Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
/ref> as a former Jesuit Reduction
Reductions (, also called ; ) were settlements established by Spanish rulers and Roman Catholic missionaries in Spanish America and the Spanish East Indies (the Philippines). In Portuguese-speaking Latin America, such reductions were also c ...
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History
In 1691, the mission of San Francisco Xavier was founded by Jesuit missionary José de Arce. The mission hosted the Piñoca Indians. In 1696, due to the incursion of Paulistas
Paulistas are the inhabitants of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil, and of its antecessor the Capitaincy of São Vicente, whose capital early shifted from the village of São Vicente, Brazil, São Vicente to the one of São Pa ...
from Brazil, the mission was relocated to the San Miguel River. It was relocated again in 1698, this time closer to Santa Cruz, due to another Paulista incursion. In 1708, Spanish from Santa Cruz captured many Indians, and the mission had to be relocated away from Santa Cruz.
Languages
The Piñoco dialect of Chiquitano
The Chiquitano or Chiquitos are an indigenous people of Bolivia, with a small number also living in Brazil. The Chiquitano primarily live in the Chiquitania tropical savanna of Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, with a small number also living in ...
, now extinct, was spoken in San Javier.Camba
Camba is a word historically used in Bolivia to refer to the indigenous population in the eastern tropical region of the country, or to those born in the area of Santa Cruz, Beni, and Pando. Nowadays, the term "Camba" is used predominantly t ...
Spanish, which has many words from Piñoco, is spoken in San Javier.
Climate
See also
* List of Jesuit sites
This list includes past and present buildings, facilities and institutions associated with the Society of Jesus. In each country, sites are listed in chronological order of start of Jesuit association.
Nearly all these sites have be ...
* List of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos
The following table summarizes the history of foundings and relocations of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos.
See also
*Chiquitano language#Historical subgroups
*Jesuit Missions of Moxos
Notes
References
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References
External links
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Map of Ñuflo de Chávez Province
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Populated places in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
World Heritage Sites in Bolivia
Tourist attractions in Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
Churches in Bolivia
Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos