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Santa Ana Municipality (Bolivia) | |
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Municipality | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Beni Department |
| Province | Yacuma Province |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 16,291 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Santa Ana Municipality or Santa Ana del Yacuma Municipality is a municipality of the Beni Department, Bolivia. [1]
Beni, sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second-largest department in the country, covering 213,564 square kilometers, and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842 during the administration of General José Ballivián. Its capital is Trinidad.
Caranavi Province is one of the twenty provinces of the Bolivian La Paz Department and is situated in the department's eastern parts. The province was created by Law 1401 on 16 December 1992 from a portion of what was then Nor Yungas Province. The creation of the province had been a local cause embraced by Ramiro Revuelta, a Deputy in the national legislature who was assassinated on November 28, 1992.
Charcas is a province in the northern parts of the Bolivian Potosí Department. Its capital is San Pedro de Buena Vista.
Rápulo River also Ráputo River is a river in Beni Department, Bolivia. It is a tributary of the Yacuma River in the Amazon Basin. It joins the Yacuma just below the town of Santa Ana del Yacuma.
Santa Ana del Yacuma is a town in the Beni Department in north-eastern Bolivia.
Santa Rosa de Yacuma or Santa Rosa del Yacuma is a small town in the Amazon pampas of the Bolivian Beni Department.
Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport is an airport serving the town of Santa Ana del Yacuma in the Beni Department of Bolivia. The runway is just south of the town.
The Tsimané, also known as the Tsimane' or Chimane, are an indigenous people of lowland Bolivia, living chiefly in the Beni Department municipalities of San Borja, San Ignacio de Moxos, Rurrenabaque, and Santa Ana de Yacuma. The Tsimané are the main residents of the T’simane Council Territory and the Pilón Lajas Reserve. They are primarily a subsistence agriculture culture, although hunting and fishing contribute significantly to many of the settlements' food supply. Those Tsimané living in the Reserve are affiliated with the multiethnic Consejo Regional Tsimane Moseten (CRTM), which holds the title to the Reserve as a Native Community Land or TCO.
Movima is a language that is spoken by about 1,400 of the Movima, a group of Native Americans that resides in the Llanos de Moxos region of the Bolivian Amazon, in northeastern Bolivia. It is considered a language isolate, as it has not been proven to be related to any other language.
Ángel Sandoval Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the department's eastern parts.
Andrés Ibáñez Province is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department, situated in the western part of the department. Its capital is Santa Cruz de la Sierra which is also the capital of the department.
Sacha Silvestre Lima Castedo is a retired Bolivian football midfielder.
Jesús de Machaca is a location in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Jesús de Machaca Municipality, the sixth municipal section of the Ingavi Province, and of the Jesús de Machaca Canton. In 2001 it had a population of 396.
Santa Rosa or Santa Rosa de(l) Yacuma is a municipality of the José Ballivián Province in the Beni Department of Bolivia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Santa Rosa de Yacuma.
Villa Tunari Municipality is the third municipal section of the Chapare Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Villa Tunari. The population grew from 52,886 to 71,146 during 2001 to 2012 according to the census. Only 8,692 of the population are urban and are concentrated in the small towns of Villa Tunari (3.213), Eterazama (3,359) and Villa 14 the Septiembre (2,123). The municipality is famous for tourist especially the Villa Tunari town where the tourist industry is concentrated with infrastructure, and also because of the closeness of the Machia Park.
Cotagaita is a small town in Bolivia. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 1904.
Tinguipaya is a small town in Bolivia, Potosí Department, Tomás Frías Province. It is the seat of the Tinguipaya Municipality.
Bella Unión Airport is an airstrip 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Santa Ana del Yacuma, a town in the Beni Department of Bolivia. The airstrip is next to a bend in the Mamore River.
Saul Farah is a Bolivian professional boxer. He is the Bolivian national Heavyweight boxing champion, having won the title by knocking out 1-0 Romualdo Rivera in the first round on March 13, 2010.He has defended the national title 15 times successfully. His nickname is "El Fenix Asesino".
Capital: La Santísima Trinidad | ||
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Coordinates: 12°50′S65°50′W / 12.833°S 65.833°W
