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  2. Santa Cruz de la Sierra - Wikipedia

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    Santa Cruz de la Sierra. /  17.800°S 63.183°W  / -17.800; -63.183. Santa Cruz de la Sierra ( Spanish: [ˈsanta ˈkɾus ðe la ˈsjera]; lit. "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department. [3]

  3. Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) - Wikipedia

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    Santa Cruz ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsanta ˈkɾus]) is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of 370,621 km 2 (143,098 sq mi), it is slightly smaller than Japan or the US state of Montana. It is located in the eastern part of the country, sharing ...

  4. Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence, Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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    Felipe Bertrés. Completed. 1915. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence [1] ( Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Lorenzo ), also called Santa Cruz de la Sierra Cathedral, [2] is the main Catholic church in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, [3] Bolivia. [4] It is located in the city center, opposite the 24 de Septiembre Square.

  5. Viru Viru International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Viru Viru International Airport ( IATA: VVI, ICAO: SLVR) in Santa Cruz de la Sierra is Bolivia 's largest international airport. Viru Viru handles domestic, regional, and international flights from Bolivia, North America, South America and Europe and serves as a focus city for Bolivia's biggest airline Boliviana de Aviación.

  6. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Spain - Wikipedia

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    Santa Cruz de la Sierra is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres and autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 44.6 square kilometres (17.2 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 278 people.

  7. Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos - Wikipedia

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    The archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Francisco Ramón Herboso, established a new system of government, very similar to that set up by the Jesuits. He stipulated that each mission be run by two secular (parish) priests, one to take care of the spiritual needs while the other was in charge of all other – political and economic – affairs ...

  8. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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    The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra ( Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia. It was erected as the Diocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by Pope Paul V on July 5, 1605, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope ...

  9. Bolivian Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    Colonel José Manuel Mercado occupied Santa Cruz de la Sierra on 14 February. Mojos and Chiquitos joined in the rebellion, increasing the ranks of Spanish soldiers who changed their loyalties to the independence movement. As a consequence of these actions, Olañeta abandoned La Paz on 22 January, heading for Potosí.

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