San Ignacio de Moxos

San Ignacio de Moxos
Town and municipality
San Ignacio de Moxos Mission Church
San Ignacio de Moxos Mission Church
San Ignacio de Moxos is located in Bolivia
San Ignacio de Moxos
San Ignacio de Moxos
Location of San Ignacio in Bolivia
Coordinates: 14°59′46″S 65°38′24″W / 14.99611°S 65.64000°W / -14.99611; -65.64000
Country Bolivia
Department Beni Department
ProvinceMoxos Province
Elevation
472 ft (144 m)
Population
 (2012 Census)
 • Total
10,054
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

San Ignacio de Moxos (or San Ignacio) is a town in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia.

History

San Ignacio de Moxos was founded in 1689 by the Jesuit missionaries Antonio de Orellana, Juan de Espejo and Alvaro de Mendoza. Its first location was 20 miles south of the current location of San Ignacio.

Geography

San Ignacio is the capital of the Moxos Province and is situated at an elevation of 144 m above sea level at Laguna Isiboro, a lake of 20 km2 west of the town. San Ignacio is located 100 km south-west of Trinidad, the department's capital.

San Ignacio de Moxos is located in the wettest region of the Beni department, situated on the border between the Amazon rainforests of the Chapare region, and the monsoonal llanos of western Santa Cruz and southwestern Beni. While San Ignacio de Moxos experiences a short dry season, rain is plentiful year round, and temperatures are generally warm to hot. The area has a tropical monsoon climate according to the Köppen Classification System, bordering on a tropical rainforest climate.

Climate

Climate data for San Ignacio de Moxos, elevation 160 m (520 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.1
(88.0) 		30.7
(87.3) 		31.1
(88.0) 		30.8
(87.4) 		29.0
(84.2) 		28.0
(82.4) 		28.8
(83.8) 		30.8
(87.4) 		32.0
(89.6) 		32.5
(90.5) 		31.9
(89.4) 		31.3
(88.3) 		30.7
(87.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.9
(80.4) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.8
(80.2) 		26.0
(78.8) 		23.9
(75.0) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.4
(72.3) 		23.7
(74.7) 		25.3
(77.5) 		26.9
(80.4) 		26.9
(80.4) 		27.0
(80.6) 		25.4
(77.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.8
(73.0) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.5
(72.5) 		21.1
(70.0) 		18.8
(65.8) 		17.1
(62.8) 		15.8
(60.4) 		16.7
(62.1) 		18.6
(65.5) 		21.1
(70.0) 		21.9
(71.4) 		22.6
(72.7) 		20.1
(68.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 312.4
(12.30) 		290.7
(11.44) 		251.4
(9.90) 		139.3
(5.48) 		104.2
(4.10) 		64.8
(2.55) 		41.7
(1.64) 		45.3
(1.78) 		76.8
(3.02) 		145.5
(5.73) 		178.2
(7.02) 		271.4
(10.69) 		1,921.7
(75.65)
Average precipitation days 14.2 13.2 12.0 7.6 6.8 4.4 3.2 3.1 4.7 7.2 8.8 12.1 97.3
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[1][2]

Population

The town population has risen from 4,832 (census 1992) to 9,064 (census 2001) and 10,054 (census 2012).

Languages

Camba Spanish is the primary vernacular lingua franca spoken in the town. Ignaciano,[3] a Moxo dialect, is the main indigenous language spoken.[4][5]

Government

The current mayor of San Ignacio de Moxos is Basilio Nolvani Nojune (of the MAS-IPSP party), who was elected in the 4 April 2010 elections and took office in late May 2010.[6]

Date Began Date Ended Governor Party Notes
Jan 2005 2006 Sixto Vejarano Congo CPEM-B Former President, Subcentral of TIMI[7]
8 Aug 2006 Elizabeth Zelada PODEMOS Came to power after no-confidence vote by the Council in Vejerano[8]
30 May 2010 Basilio Nolvani Nojune MAS-IPSP Won 51.5% in April election
  • San Ignacio de Moxos mission church
    San Ignacio de Moxos mission church
  • San Ignacio de Moxos mission church
    San Ignacio de Moxos mission church
  • San Ignacio de Moxos mission church frontal view
    San Ignacio de Moxos mission church frontal view

See also

References

  1. ^ "Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  3. ^ Key, Mary Ritchie. 2015. Ignaciano dictionary. In: Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) The Intercontinental Dictionary Series. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "San Ignacio de Moxos declara Huésped de Honor a Evo Morales en celebración del 321 aniversario". Los Tiempos. 31 July 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  7. ^ "http://www.cipca.org.bo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=749:zdpa&catid=82:zdpa&Itemid=127," CIPCA Website, 17 January 2005.
  8. ^ "Elizabeth Zelada, la nueva alcaldesa de San Ignacio de Mojos," CIPCA Website, 16 August 2005.

14°59′46″S 65°38′24″W / 14.99611°S 65.64000°W / -14.99611; -65.64000 (San Ignacio de Moxos)