San Rafael Municipality is the third municipal section of the

José Miguel de Velasco Province José Miguel de Velasco or Velasco is a province in the Santa Cruz department of Bolivia. Its capital is San Ignacio de Velasco. The province is named after the Bolivian president José Miguel de Velasco Franco. It was created by law on October 12 ...

in the

Santa Cruz Department Santa Cruz () is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of , it is slightly smaller than Japan or the US state of Montana. It is located in the ...

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

San Rafael de Velasco San Rafael de Velasco or San Rafael is the seat of the San Rafael Municipality in the José Miguel de Velasco Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is part of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos. In 1990 it was declared a World Heritage Sit ...

is the seat of the municipality. Its mission church is part of the

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 ...

Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos The Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos are located in the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz Departments of Bolivia, department in eastern Bolivia. Six of these former missions (all now secular municipalities) collectively were designated as a ...

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Languages

The predominant language spoken in the San Rafael Municipality is

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

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References

www.mancochiquitana.org / San Rafael Municipality
(Spanish)
www.ine.gov.bo

External links

Municipalities of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) {{SantaCruzBO-geo-stub