San José de Chiquitos

San José de Chiquitos
San José de Chiquitos
Location in Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°51′0″S 60°45′0″W / 17.85000°S 60.75000°W / -17.85000; -60.75000
Country Bolivia
Department Santa Cruz Department
ProvinceChiquitos Province
MunicipalitySan José de Chiquitos Municipality
CantonSan José Canton
Population
 (2001)
  Total
9,211
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

San José de Chiquitos, or simply San José, is the capital of Chiquitos Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is known as part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, which is declared in 1990 a World Heritage Site, as a former Jesuit Reduction.

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.