Exaltación, Mamoré
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Exaltación, Mamore | |
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Coordinates: 13°16′S 65°15′W / 13.267°S 65.250°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | Beni Department |
Province | Yacuma Province |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Exaltación (or Exaltation of the Holy Cross) is a town in Yacuma Province in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia.[1]
History
[edit]The Jesuit mission of Exaltación was founded in 1709.[2] Cayubaba Indians resided at the mission.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Municipalities of Bolivia at www.editorialox.com
- ^ 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..
- ^ Meireles, Denise Maldi. 1989. Guardiães da fronteira: Rio Guaporé, século XVIII. Petrópolis: Vozes. ISBN 85-326-0017-4.