Chiquitania
Chiquitania ("Chiquitos" or "Gran Chiquitania") is a region of
tropical savannas in the Santa Cruz Department in eastern Bolivia
.
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.[citation needed]
Today, the Chiquitania lies within five provinces of Santa Cruz Department: Ángel Sandoval, Germán Busch, José Miguel de Velasco, Ñuflo de Chávez and Chiquitos province.[1][2][3]
Peoples
One of the many tribes inhabiting Chiquitos were the Chiquitano, who still speak the Chiquitano language today.[4]
Languages
Languages historically spoken in the Chiquitania included:
- Chiquitano
- Gorgotoqui (extinct)
- Otuke (extinct)
- Ayoreo
- Guarani
Today, Camba Spanish is the main vernacular lingua franca.
Missions
A notable feature are the 18th-century
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos.[citation needed
]
Ecosystem
The
Chiquitano dry forest is the ecosystem which connects South America's two largest biomes, the Amazon and the Gran Chaco, a dense dry forest of thorn-covered trees and scrub that extends south into Paraguay and Brazil.[5]
See also
- Jesuit Reductions
- List of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos
- Beni savanna
- Mamoré–Guaporé linguistic area
References
- ^ Roth, Hans. "Events that happened at that time". Chiquitos: Misiones Jesuíticas. Retrieved 2009-01-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "I Congreso Internacional Chiquitano, 22–24 May 2008". San Ignacio de Velasco. Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Provincia Boliviana de la Compañia de Jesús" (in Spanish). Jesuitas Bolivia-Online. 2005. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
- ^ http://www.chiquitania.com Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine: The two names Chiquitos and Chiquitano should not be confused, the first is a place; that second a tribe.
- TheGuardian.com. 2 September 2019.
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