Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos

Catholic missions in Bolivia

city in Bolivia

municipality in Bolivia

language

city in Bolivia

town and municipality in Bolivia

The Chiquitano or Chiquitos are an indigenous people of Bolivia, with a small number also living in Brazil. The Chiquitano primarily live in the Chiquitania tropical savanna of Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, with a small number also living in Beni Department and in Mato Grosso, Brazil. In the 2012 census, self-identified Chiquitanos made up 1.45% of the total Bolivian population or 145,653 people, the largest number of any lowland ethnic group. A relatively small proportion of Bolivian Chiquitanos speak the Chiquitano language. Many reported to the census that they neither speak the language

city

city

human settlement in Bolivia

human settlement in Bolivia

extinct language of Brazil

architect from Switzerland (1934-1999)

church in San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia