Coordinates: 13°16′S 65°15′W / 13.267°S 65.250°W / -13.267; -65.250

Exaltación, Mamoré

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Exaltación, Mamore
Exaltación, Mamore is located in Bolivia
Exaltación, Mamore
Exaltación, Mamore
Location of Exaltación, Mamore town in Bolivia
Coordinates: 13°16′S 65°15′W / 13.267°S 65.250°W / -13.267; -65.250
Country Bolivia
Department Beni Department
ProvinceYacuma Province
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Exaltación (or Exaltation of the Holy Cross) is a town in Yacuma Province in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia.[1]

History

The Jesuit mission of Exaltación was founded in 1709.[2] Cayubaba Indians resided at the mission.[3]

References

  1. ^ Municipalities of Bolivia at www.editorialox.com
  2. ^ Block, David (1994). Mission culture on the upper Amazon: native tradition, Jesuit enterprise, and secular policy in Moxos, 1660-1880. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1232-1..
  3. ^ Meireles, Denise Maldi. 1989. Guardiães da fronteira: Rio Guaporé, século XVIII. Petrópolis: Vozes. ISBN 85-326-0017-4.

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