San José de Chiquitos
Place in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
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San José de Chiquitos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsan xoˈse de tʃiˈkitos]), or simply San José, is the capital of Chiquitos Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. A former Jesuit Reduction, it is part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1990.[1]
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  San José de Chiquitos Location in Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 17°51′0″S 60°45′0″W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department |  Santa Cruz Department |
| Province | Chiquitos Province |
| Municipality | San José de Chiquitos Municipality |
| Canton | San José Canton |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 9,211 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
The ruins of the mission of San Juan Bautista, one of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, lie near the village of San Juan de Taperas in San José de Chiquitos Municipality.
History
Languages
Today, Camba Spanish is the most commonly used everyday language.[4] In the past, the Penoqui dialect of Chiquitano was spoken at the mission of San José de Chiquitos.[5]
Climate
| Climate data for San José de Chiquitos, elevation 284 m (932 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.7 (65.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 190.4 (7.50) |
117.6 (4.63) |
173.0 (6.81) |
170.2 (6.70) |
85.2 (3.35) |
94.0 (3.70) |
88.0 (3.46) |
86.0 (3.39) |
82.1 (3.23) |
77.0 (3.03) |
106 (4.2) |
128 (5.0) |
1,397.5 (55) |
| Average precipitation days | 10.4 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 68.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.9 | 75.1 | 75.2 | 73.1 | 72.8 | 69.5 | 60.6 | 55.5 | 54.4 | 60.7 | 65.5 | 71.3 | 67.2 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[6][7] | |||||||||||||
