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Chiquitania ("Chiquitos" or "Gran Chiquitania") is a region of tropical savannas in the Santa Cruz Department in eastern
La gran Chiquitania: The Last Paradise.
{{coord, 18.000, S, 60.000, W, display=title, source:dewiki Geography of Bolivia Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Regions of South America
Chiquitania ("Chiquitos" or "Gran Chiquitania") is a region of tropical savannas in the Santa Cruz Department in eastern 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 ...
.
Geography
"Chiquitos" is the colonial name for what is now essentially five of the six provinces that make up the Chiquitania, a region in Bolivia's Santa Cruz department. "Chiquitos" refers to a region, not a tribe. Today, the Chiquitania lies within five provinces of Santa Cruz Department: Ãngel Sandoval, Germán Busch, José Miguel de Velasco, Ñuflo de Chávez and Chiquitos province.Peoples
One of the many tribes inhabiting Chiquitos were the Chiquitano, who still speak the Chiquitano language today.Languages
Languages historically spoken in the Chiquitania included: * Chiquitano * Gorgotoqui (extinct) * Otuke (extinct) * Ayoreo * Guarani Today, Camba Spanish is the main vernacularlingua franca
A lingua franca (; ; for plurals see ), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, link language or language of wider communication (LWC), is a Natural language, language systematically used to make co ...
.
Missions
A notable feature are the 18th-century Jesuit reductions andFranciscan
The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...
settlements scattered throughout the region. Six churches still remain in the zone and were selected in 1990 as UNESCO
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World Heritage Sites
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under the name '' Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos''.
Ecosystem
The Chiquitano dry forest is the ecosystem which connects South America's two largest biomes, the Amazon and theGran Chaco
The Gran Chaco or simply Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the RÃo de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion o ...
, a dense dry forest of thorn-covered trees and scrub that extends south into Paraguay and Brazil.
See also
* Jesuit Reductions * List of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos *Beni savanna
The Llanos de Moxos, also known as the Beni savanna or Moxos plains, is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, tropical savanna ecoregion of the Beni Department of northern Bolivia.
Setting
The Llanos de Moxos covers a ...
* Mamoré–Guaporé linguistic area
References
External links
La gran Chiquitania: The Last Paradise.
{{coord, 18.000, S, 60.000, W, display=title, source:dewiki Geography of Bolivia Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Regions of South America