San Rafael Municipality, Santa Cruz

Municipality in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
16°47′12.84″S 60°40′25.68″W / 16.7869000°S 60.6738000°W / -16.7869000; -60.6738000Country BoliviaDepartmentSanta Cruz DepartmentProvinceJosé Miguel de Velasco ProvinceSeatSan Rafael de VelascoGovernment
 • MayorRosauro Flores Silva • PresidentCarmelo Flores DoradoArea
 • Total3,793.20 sq mi (9,824.33 km2)Population
 (2001)
 • Total5,017

San Rafael Municipality is the third municipal section of the José Miguel de Velasco Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. San Rafael de Velasco is the seat of the municipality. Its mission church is part of the World Heritage Site Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos.

Languages

The predominant language spoken in the San Rafael Municipality is Spanish.[1]

Language Inhabitants
Quechua 29
Aymara 22
Guaraní 13
Another native 89
Spanish 4,600
Foreign 63
Only native 11
Native and Spanish 136
Only Spanish 4,469

References

  1. ^ obd.descentralizacion.gov.bo Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  • www.mancochiquitana.org / San Rafael Municipality (Spanish)
  • www.ine.gov.bo

External links

  • Map of José Miguel de Velasco Province


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