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Loreto, Beni

Coordinates: 15°11′34″S 64°45′32″W / 15.19278°S 64.75889°W / -15.19278; -64.75889
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Loreto, Beni
Loreto, Beni is located in Bolivia
Loreto, Beni
Loreto, Beni
Location of Loreto in Bolivia
Coordinates: 15°11′34″S 64°45′32″W / 15.19278°S 64.75889°W / -15.19278; -64.75889
Country Bolivia
Department Beni Department
ProvinceMarbán Province
MunicipalityLoreto Municipality
Elevation
520 ft (160 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total843
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Loreto is a smalI municipality in the Beni Department in northern Bolivia, capital of the Marbán Province and Loreto Municipality.[1] In 2001, Loreto had a population of 843.

History

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Loreto was the first of the Jesuit Missions of Moxo to be founded. Loreto Mission was founded in 1682.[2]

Languages

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Camba Spanish is the primary vernacular lingua franca spoken in the town. Loretano, a Moxo dialect, is the main indigenous language spoken.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Observatorio de la Bolivia Democrática (OBD)[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Block, David (1994). Mission culture on the upper Amazon: native tradition, Jesuit enterprise, and secular policy in Moxos, 1660-1880. Lincoln}publisher=University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1232-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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