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Place in Beni Department, Bolivia
Loreto, Beni
Loreto, Beni is located in BoliviaLoreto, BeniLoreto, BeniLocation 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
Elevation520 ft (160 m)
Population
 • 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. In 2001, Loreto had a population of 843.

History

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

Languages

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

References

  1. Observatorio de la Bolivia Democrática (OBD)
  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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Beni Department
Capital: La Santísima Trinidad
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