KAA IYA .‑
Category National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
Location.- It is located in the southern region of Santa Cruz and encircles the jurisdictions of the Charagua Municipals in the Province of Pailon and Cordillera, also San Jose of the Chiquitos Province.
Extention.- It has a surface of 3,441,115 hectares (34,411 km2), this the largest protected area in Bolivia.
Height.-Variable height, between 200 and 400 m above sea level.
Climate.- The climate is quite warm but with strong decreases during the dry winter season
AMBORO .‑
Category.- National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
Location
It is located in the Western region of Santa Cruz in the sub Andean region and encircles the jurisdictions of the Samaipata, Pampagrande and Mairana Municipals in the Province of Florida, also Buena Vista, San Carlos and San Juan de Yapacani of the Ichilo Province. El Torno and Porongo of the Andrés Ibáñez Province, and Comarapa of the Manuel Maria Caballero Province.
Extension
It has a surface of 637,600 hectares.
Height.- Between 3300 and 300 m above sea level.
Climate.-The climate is cool on the on the low ones.
NOEL KEMPFF.‑
Category.- National Park
Location.- It is located in the north eastern region of Santa Cruz and encircles the jurisdictions of the Velasco Province and Baures in the Beni dèpartment
Extension.- It has a total surface of 1,523,446 hectares (15,234 km2)
Height.- The altitudinal amplitude is between 750 and 200 m above sea level.
Climate.- The climate is quite warm starting on the Itenez River.
OTUQUIS .‑
Category.- National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
Location It is located in the south eastern region of Santa Cruz and encircles the jurisdictions of the German Busch and Cordillera Provinces.
Extension.- It has a surface of 1,005,950 hectares (10,059.50 km2)
Height.- The altitudinal range is between 80 and 180 m above sea level. The height varies from 1,210 and 180 m above sea level.
Climate.- The climate is subtropical. The average temperature varies between 21.3 C and 31.2 C, the lowest temperature could be 2ºC.
EAST ZONE
It includes all the provinces of Santa Cruz, except Cordillera
Chiquitana – Guaraya - Ayorea
CHACO
It includes the province of Cordillera and others of Chuquisaca and Tarija.
Guaraní (Isoceño and Ava)
Mataco and Tapieté
Chiriguano
NATIVE GROUPS THAT DO NOT MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THE BOLIVIAN SOCIETY
Ayoreo (Southeast of the Cordillera province, Santa Cruz).
TOWNS IN EXTINCTION
Bororo (Velasco Prov.,Santa Cruz)
Chamacoco (Cordillera Prov., Santa Cruz)
Otuquirsh (Chiquitos Prov., Santa Cruz)
Paiconeca (Velasco Prov., Santa Cruz)
Saraveca (Velasco Prov., Santa Cruz)
JARAYES
This tribe is also called Guatós, they populated the area of the lakes on the Paraguay river, mainly around the Mandioré lake, inside the Busch province and upstream, the first to arrive were Domingo Martínez de Irala and Captain Ñuflo de Chaves in 1543, in his first expedition toward the "rich land". In 1558 Chaves was sent from Asuncion to set up a town among these aborigines, but instead he turned West, giving beginning to the "great entrance", where he founded Nueva Asuncion and Santa Cruz de la Sierra; the jarayes were farmers, who planted corn, yucca, peanut, they also hunted and did some fishing, they lived grouped together in 4 towns.
GUARAYOS
Numerous tribe of guaraní origin, that was once situated between Chiquitos and Mojos, between the Negro and San Miguel rivers. It is believed they are the same itatines, which the conqueror Ñuflo de Chaves brought with him from the Paraguay river in 1565 and who later on killed him, some scattered away in order to escape the consequences. The guarayos were reduced by members of the secular clergy of Santa Cruz and by religious priests during the missions of Yotaú, Ascensión, Urubichá, Yaguarú and San Pablo in the region known as Guarayos, which today has become a province; their number is of approximately 5.000 individuals.
THE CHIQUITANOS
This numerous tribes extended throughout the enormous territory known as the Chiquitania and nowadays include six cruceña provinces. They were the Gorgotoquis, that surely constituted the major number of the group that the Spaniards called "Chiquitos" by an error of appreciation. Also forming part of this great log of tribes:
Saravecas
Paunacas
Paiconecas
Pioconas
Piñocas
Manasicas
Animomecas
Penoquiquias
They used poisonedarrows, for this reason they were feared by their neighboring tribes, even by the ferocious chiriguanos. They were farmers, mostly growing: corn, yucca, peanut, tobacco, pumpkins, they also hunted and fished; they are also called "paicos". Today they live next to the white people in towns on the Chiquitania; their number may reach up to 30.000 individuals.
GORGOTOQUIS
A numerous tribe that extends from the Grande River to the proximities of the San José mountainous region, province of Chiquitos. Men and women carried a disk of stone in the lower lip; they used arch and arrow and a shield made of anta skin; they were the same Chiquitos, or a predominant amount of them. They spoke their own language, which was the most extended one of the chiquitania. The captain Ñuflo de Chaves found this tribe in 1548, in his first journey from the Paraguay River toward "Sierra de Plata". They were good farmers and always were well provided with food. Surely they are now mixed with other towns of the Chiquitania, and also with the white people.
PAUSERNAS
A tribe of guaraní lineage, settled between the Iténez and Paraguá rivers, in a region of great vegetation and virgin land. It is believed that they formed part of the Itatines, a part of which was scattered after killing Captain Ñuflo de Chaves in 1568. The flu, introduced by the white people in times of rubber exploitation, almost extinguished this tribe. The few remaining people abandoned their natural habitat, and moved into the towns of white people to work as servants.
CAMBAS
Term used by the cruceños to call the chiriguano and izoceño indians. The term was later on generalized to apply it to the Indians of any tribe, or simply to any indian with dark skin. In 1892, during the uprising of the chiriguanos "cambas", the city of Santa Cruz had to be armed to confront an announced invasion, the one that never took place. Today, many natives of the East are called "Cambas" to be differentiated from other towns in the country.
IZOCEÑOS
It is thought that they are chanés guaranizados carried by the chiriguanos to the edge of the Parapetí River, when they arrived from the region of the Paraguay River and occupied the habitat of the Grigotania people, by enslaving them; they lived in the region called "Bañados del Izozog"; the chiriguanos gave them the pejorative name of "Tapúis". They are dedicated to the agriculture, cultivating corn, yucca and pumpkins. They are governed by the "Mburubichá – Guasú" or Large Captain. They have about 5000 inhabitants, that is in constant decrease because of the immigration to towns of white people, especially Argentina.
CHIRIGUANOS
A numerous tribe of guaraní origin who speak their native tongue. At the end of the XV century and beginnings of the XVI, they emigrated from the oriental side of the Paraguay River, to settle at the Andes foot, in the highest point of the Grande, Pilcomayo and Parapetí Rivers, where they conquered and slaved to the Chané tribe. They called to themselves "Ava" (man), having been nicknamed chiriguanos by their Andeans neighbors. They are also called "Tembetas", because of a kind of wood button or resin that they carried under their lower lip, known as tembeta. Cruceños know them as "Chiros". They cultivated corn, yucca, pumpkins, they also hunted and fished. During three centuries, they resisted the intents of reduction
by the franciscanos missionaries and once they were submitted, they returned to the forest and attacked the establishment of white people. Today they are almost civilized, and have a population of 24.000 inhabitants, which is decreasing because of the crossbreeding and emigration.
CHANÉS
Sedentary tribe of arauaco origin, it is believed, that they used to inhabite the plains of the present Santa Cruz. After the arrival of the Guaraníes (Chiriguanos) to the Grigotania territory, they were submitted by them. A good number of them were moved to the margins of the river Parapetí, in the place known as Izozog, where they adopt the name of Isoceños.
GUARANI
Indigenous race extended from the Guayanas to the La Plata River. They settled down mainly in the current Republic of the Paraguay, where they conserve their cultural identity, some settled in Brazil and Argentina. Belonging to this great tribe were the carios that were seated in the oriental riverside of the Paraguay River, and were the first Guarani Indian was found by the conquerors. They lived from the hunt and the fishing, they cultivated corn and yucca; they inhabited big community shacks; they named themselves "ava" (man) and they had their own language. It is believed that at the end of the XV century and beginnings of the XVI century, a fraction of them emigrated in several departures toward the West, arriving to the border of the Andes Mountain range, where they settled down and were called Chiriguanos by the tribes of the mountain. The guarayos, pausernas, sirionós and yuquis are also from Guarani origen.
THE ITATINES
A tribe of Guarani origin whose members were brought from the oriental side of the Paraguay River to Chiquitos by the conquerer Captain Ñuflo de Chaves in 1565. After killing the captaini in 1568, numerous groups escaped from the reprisal, settling in several districts of the current departments of Santa Cruz and Beni. They are known as Guarayos and Pausernas that then constituted a single tribe.
The guarayos was reduced during the missions, originally by priests from Santa Cruz and then by Franciscan preists; while the pausernas remained intact in their district among the rivers Paraguá and Iténez, until the XX century
SIRIONOS
Tribe that was influenced by the Guaraní tribe, they lived in the Monte Grande or Monte de San Pablo, as well as in the riverbanks of the Grande River, Piraí, Yapacaní and Ichilo; the “cruveños” called them "Choris" but they called themselves mbia (man). They spoke the Guarani tongue with some modifications, but they were able to communicate with both Chiriguanos and Guarayos.
They lived in dispersed and wandering families; they were very unsociable warriors; they used the arch and the longest arrow known.
In 1930, 800 of them came out to the bottom side of the Grande River, to a land that belonged to Mr. Mauro Ibáñez family, some of them stayed to work, others returned to the mount and others died from smallpox. Some are today disseminated along the Target, Big, Mamoré and San Miguel rivers and a few hundreds in the reductions of Casarabe and Eviato (Prov. Cercado - Beni). A law issued in 1990 recognized as territory of this tribe an area of 300 km2, in The Eviato and Mount of San Pablo. Their current population should reach up to 2.000 inhabitants.
OTUQUIS
A tribe which inhabited the south western region of Chiquitos. With their members, mainly the Zamucos and Tao, was founded - in 1760 - the mission of “Sagrado Corazon”, the most oriental in the Chiquitania, in the curren Sandoval province of the department of Santa Cruz. They suffered the constant blockade of the Guaicurús indians from the Paraguay river, what caused the mission to collapse. Today this tribe is extinguished.
AYOREOS
This tribe wandered from the occidental side of the Paraguay River towards the Southern and Western side. It is believed that the Ayoreos were originally Zamucos; they have also been called Tamacocis, Morotocos, Potoreras, Gurañocas and Ayoreodes. In 1730 Father Ignacio Chomé congregated them in the mission of San Ignacio of Zamucos, the most southern one in the East side of Bolivia, but it had to be abandoned due to the aggressiveness of the Chaqueños indians.
Throughout time they have been settling along the railroad to Brazil, and others have been congregated by religious missionaries in the towns of Tobiteé, Posa Verde, Rincon del Tigre and others from the Chiquitos province; a fraction have moved to Santa Cruz. Their current number should ascend to 2.000 individuals.
There is an immense variety that santa Cruz has to offer the tourists. We will now present some of them. We will design 4 circuits so that the tourist can travel throughout the whole department
1º Circuito.- Santa Cruz and surroundings.- . We will present the oldest towns that are around the Capital City.
Locations:
- Cotoca
- Las Lomas de Arena
- El Torno
- La Guardia
- Porongo
- Terevinto
- Peji
- Espejillos
- Limoncito
2º Circuito.- Northern Amboró.- Located in the North-Western sector, we find the tropical towns and seated in the border of the Amboró Park, the most varied in America.
Locations:
- Warnes
- Montero
- Saavedra
- Minero
- Portachuelo
- Santa Rosa del Sara
- Buena Vista
- San Carlos
- Buen Retiro
- Yapacaní
- Ichilo
3º Circuito.- Chaco and the Route of Ché Guevara. This towns are in the southern area of the department. They offer us samples of the prints that the guerrilla fighter Ché Guevara left and the great Bolivian Chaco
Locations:
- Cabezas
- Abapó
- Gutierrez
- Lagunillas
- Charagua
- Camiri
- Boyuibe
- Cuevo
4º Circuito.- The valleys.- In the occidental region, we find The Valleys of Santa Cruz. Towns that for their height, from 300 to 2800 meters, offer to us a variety of landscape.
Locations:
- Samaipata
- Mairana
- Quirusilla
- La Yunga
- Pampa Grande
- Vallegrande
- Trigal
- Moro Moro
- Postrevalle
- Pucará
- La Higuera
- Las Rutas del Ché
- Comarapa
- Siberia
5º Circuito.- Chiquitanía.- Located in the Oriental sector of Santa Cruz, offers to us the colonial history of Santa Cruz, with the Jesuitic Missions, declared Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO.
Locations:
- Cotoca
- San Ramón
- San Javier
- Concepción
- Ascención de Guarayos
- El Puente
- Urubichá
- San Rafael
- San Ignacio
- San Miguel
- San José
- San Matías
- Santa Ana
- Robore
- Puerto Suárez
- Puerto Quijarro
Febuary 21-22-23-24: Carnival.- It starts every January with the “precarnival” parades. Every weekend, 4 carnival groups called “comparsas” (masquerades) parade through the streets with costumes and dancing traditional songs of the region. Saturday the 21st at 20:00 hrs, the “Corso” (main parade) takes place, in which the “comparsas” dance through the streets with alegorical costumes and carriages. The three best carriages are rewarded. The party lasts 3 days, Sunday, Monday and Tueday, during which people dance all over the streets of Santa Cruz and play with water and paint.
April 4-11 Holy Week.- It starts on Sunday, April 4th with the “Domingo de Ramos” (Palm Sunday) which symbolize the arrival of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem who was recieved with palm leafs.
Thursday 8th, the visit to several churches in town takes place.
Friday 9th, the procession of the Holy Sepulchre and religious acts that symbolize the Via Crucis that Jesus endured until his death takes place.
Saturday 10th, there is a wake in all the churches
Sunday 11th, day to rejoice, the ressurection of Jesus. Note: Carnival and Holy Week don’t have the same dates each year.
June 23.- “San Juan” (Saint Jhon).- The “coldest day of the year”, it’s celebrated with traditional bonfires and popular parties.
August 6.- National Holiday.- The Indepence day of Bolivia. School and Military Parades take place on the Main Square.
September 19-26.- EXPOCRUZ.-
International Fair that take place on the Fexpo campus, located on the Roca Coronado Avenue. The cost for entrance is US$ 5, every night you can see shows with national and international artists. It opens at 18:00 until midnight.
September 24.- The Independence day of Santa Cruz. It is celebrated with school and military parades on the Main Square.
October, Day of the Cruceña Tradition.- This celebration is about all the traditions in Santa Cruz. It takes place in the Fexpo campus with traditional food, games and dances.
Santa Cruz Beauty Pagent.- the most beautiful women in the depsrtment is elected to represent Santa Cruz on the Miss Bolivia pagent. Each year it changes location.
The “Magnificas” Show.- This is a show with national and international models. The cost for entrance is US$10. It takes place in different places each year.
Dance and Musical Festival “Elay Puej”.- The dance and music of the different provinces in Santa Cruz compete. It takes place in the Urbano park and the cost for entrance is of US$ 5.
Baroque Music Festival.- It takes place every 2 years (even number years), in the different churches of the Chiquitania and city of Santa Cruz.
International Theatre Festival.- It takes place every 2 years (odd number years). The next one will be on April 14-24 2005. For more information: www.Festivalesapac.com
Santa Cruz is the biggest department of Bolivia, it occupies 34% of the national territory and is located in the tropical zone of the country. Limits: North with the department of Beni, south with the Republic of Paraguay, East with the Republic of Brazil and West with the department of Cochabamba and Chuquisaca. It’s height above sea level varies according to the region, from 300 to 1600 Mts.
The Department was created on January 23, 1826 during the presidency of the Marshal Antonio José de Sucre due to the political division of the colony. It’s capital is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in Andrés Ibañez province. It’s territory includes 370.621 km2 and it has a population of 1.812.522 inhabitants (INE 2000). With a density of 4.9 inhabitants per km2.
The town’s holiday is celebrated on September 24, this date recalls the Revolution of Santa Cruz on 1810.
Name used to identify local origin : Cruceño.
It is divided into 15 provinces, it has 56 province sections and 160 cantons.
The climatic zones are grouped into 3 regions: High Valleys 15-25ºC 1.000-1.600 Mts. Florida, Manual María Caballero and Vallegrande. Chaco 25-45ºC 300-600 mts. Cordillera. Trópic 25-35ºC 200-800 mts. the rest of the provinces.
Economic activity.-
Santa Cruz contributes with the 53% of the GDP with industries as: Soy, Sunflower, Sugar cane, Cotton, Rice, Corn, Wheat, cattle raising, Wood, Gas and Petroleum.
Tourist zones.- Are divided in 3
Archaeological.- Fuerte de Samaipata and cave paintings in Comarapa.
Ecological.- There are 5 National Parks and 2 forest reserves.
Cultural.- There are colonial sites declared Historical Patrimony of Humanity by the UNESCO like the Jesuit Missions
National parks.- There are 5 large parks:
Noel Kempff Mercado.- 915.000 Hectares located in the Velasco province.
Amboró.- Its found inside the jurisdiction of 3 provinces: Florida, Manuel Maria Caballero and Ichilo. It has 637.000 Hectares.
Rio Blanco y Negro (White and Black River)- These are 1.400.000 hectares of protected fauna and flora.
Santa Cruz la vieja (The old Santa Cruz city).- The city was founded in this Park.
KAA-IYA.- In the Bolivian Chaco, it includes 3.510.700 Hectares.
Some History
The eminent historian Enrique Finot had more than enough reasons to assure that during it’s first half century of life, Santa Cruz de la Sierra had a very complicated foundation and transfers chronology. Since the first steps of the conquerors through these tropical lands, until to the final settlement of the city, a long time passed by and the population wandered from place to place.
1547. Domingo Martínez de Irala and Nufrlo de Chaves (real name) as well as other explorers arrived to the Guapay River, east of the actual Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
1559. June 24. The people of Chaves rebelled against him and then abandon him, returning to Asunción. The ones left were Chaves, Hernando de Salazar, more than 40 Spaniards and a hundred native friends.
1559. August, 01. Chaves founded New Asunción in the oriental edge of the Guapay or Grande River.
1559-1560. Around this time, La Barranca was found, more or less in the 17º parallel, in front of Nueva Asunsion.
1560. February 15. Marqués de Cañete, Vice king of Peru, ,names his son, Mr. Garcia Huratdo de Mendoza, Governor of the Moxos province and Nuflo de Chaves was named lieutenant. Since Mr. Garcia was in Chile, the actual Governor was Chaves. With this act, this new province or government was created.
1561. February 26. Santa Cruz was founded by Nuflo de Chaves in the skirt of the Chiquitos mountainous region, a few kilometers from the actual town of San José de Chiquitos.
1561. Chaves should have transfered La Barranca, from the left edge of the Guapay River, to the right edge, that is on the place of the Nueva Asuncion, also founded by him. Those two towns were then considered one.
1564. In the middle of this year, Santo Domingo de la Nueva Rioja as well as La Barranca are destroyed by the chiriguano indians. Manso is killed in his town.
1568. September. Nuflo de Chaves was murdered by the Sacuaratáo indian chief, in the town of Buezteni.
1590. September 13. Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa and Gonzalo de Solís Holguín solemnly founded the city of San Lorenzo de la Frontera, in the right edge of the Guapay River, that later would known as San Lorenzo el Real or San Lorenzo de La Barranca.
1591. Towards the end of this year, the town of San Lorenzo, from the right edge of the Guapay River, crosses over the river, transferring to the Cotoca territory.
1595. May 21. Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa and Gonzalo de Solís Holguín, transfer San Lorenzo from Cotoca to the Tip of San Bartolomé, where it finally settled.
1601. Great part of the inhabitants of Santa Cruz de la Sierra were transferred by Gonzalo de Solís Holguín, from the skirts of the Chiquitos mountainous region to Cotoca. However, many residents remained in the old Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
1604. November 01. The Alfaro public prosecutor, is the last one to abandon Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Chiquitos, having already transferred all its inhabitants to Cotoca.
1621. It is resolved to transfer Santa Cruz de la Sierra, from Cotoca to San Lorenzo. Consequently, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and San Lorenzo, constitute a single city. The name of Santa Cruz de la Sierra had to prevail.
1784. Was the last time that in colonial documents the city was called San Lorenzo. From here on it would be called Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
The conquest and colonization of the Bolivian East is one of the largest and most heroic deed of the Hispanic history in America. Here, the Spaniard warriors did not find organized empires or precious metals of easy extraction, that might at least compensate all the work and fatigue endured. It was known that «beyond» they could find incalculable wealth that was supposedly located in the legendary El Dorado (the golden one) and after their illusion they all went.
The fight in the forest acquired many other characters that in Peru. The nature was hostile for European people that did not know its secrets; the Indians were very good warrior, who lived in constant war, the innumerable tribes that wandered aggressively were enemies among themselves and each group constituted an independent sovereignty; that is why the defeat of some did not signify the subjugation of the others.
They remained in constant battle, not only during the phase of conquest but also once the colonies were formed. The cities that were founded in the oriental zones of what is now Bolivia, had to live «with the weapons in their hands», as was mentioned in official documents, always fighting against harsh, wild and implacable indians, like the chiriguanos and other towns that divided into multiple tribes, were continuously attacking trying to find a weak side in the Spaniards in order to defeat them.
Those chiriguanas tribes were so wild , so audacious, so brave, so rebellious, that they kept firm and implacable during almost three centuries; not even the swords or the harquebus were able to defeat them and they even learned how to use fire weapons and ride horses, taming flocks of wild horses. While the Peru Indians jealously accepted the prohibition to ride, the chiriguanos were expert riders that competed against the Spaniards with great courage and persistence.
The two conquering waves: the one originated in Peru and the one that entered through La Plata River, were found exactly in the heart of the Bolivian East. Mr. Nuflo de Chaves, arrived to America in 1541 he had entered these lands discovered by soldiers coming from Solis River. The courage , intelligence, skillsand physical endurance of this great leader is truly admirable. The way he crossed through America from America to Lima, back and forth, fighting against indians and overcoming all kinds of difficulties, as if he was on Extremadura, his native land, where he was born between the years of 1516 to 1518.
For this adventure, Nuflo de Chaves left from Asuncion on February of 1558, in search of his desired quimera of the Paitití, El Dorado, Gran Mojo, Manoa, etc., and other myths which the conquerors dreamed about. Nuflo de Chaves was not a man that would be terrified by the sufferings and fatigue, on the contrary, the fight was an incentive to persue his desires. The judicial act done on February 15, 1560, solidified the creation of a new province, which was Mojos, with Mr. Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza y Manrique as Governor and Nuflo de Chaves would temporarily take his place . That date was therefore the first landmark of the political and personal existence of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, since that moment and under the upper authorities of the Vice king and Audience, there would be an outline with a personality that no one would be able to change. February 26, 1561 he made the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra along the edge of the Sutós stream in the mountainous region that is now known as San José de Chiquitos, the foundation of Santa Cruz de la Sierra as cardinal point in the history of the Continent.
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Alemania.- Av. Arce # 2395 Telf. (02) 2430850 – 2430854 Fax (02) 243 1297
Argentina.- Calle Aspiazu # 497 Telf. (02) 2417737 - 2413511 Fax (02) 2391089
Austria.- Edif. Petrolero Av. 16 de julio # 161 Mezzanine of. 11 Telf. (02) 2326601 Fax (02) 2391073
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Brasil Calle Capitan Ravelo # 2334 Edif. Metrobol Telf.(02) 2430044
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China.- Calle 1 los pinos # 8532 Calacoto Telf.(02) 2793851 – 2792902 Fax (02) 2797121
Chipre.- Luis Espinal # 555 Cota Cota Telf.(02) 2797540 Fax (02) 2791051
Colombia.- Calle 9 # 7835 Calacoto Telf.(02) 2784491 Fax (02) 2786510
Corea.- Calle 9 Edif. Soriaco p.b. of 3 Telf.(02) 2786546
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Guatemala.- Edif. San Pablo piso 18 of. 1804 Telf.(02) 2324626
Haití.- Calle 26 # 121 Calacoto Telf.(02) 2795619
Honduras.- Av. 20 de octubre # 1979 Telf. (02) 2342612 – 2327358 Fax (02) 2392000
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Israel.- Edif. Esperanza piso 10 Telf.(02) 2358676 – 2374239 Fax (02) 2391712
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Paraguay.- edif. illimani 1er nivel of 101 av. 6 de agosto Telf.(02) 2433176 – 2432201 Fax (02) 2433176
Perú.- Fernando Guachalla esq. Av. 6 de Agosto Telf. (02) 2353550 – 2352352 Fax (02) 2367640
Polonia.- Calle Victor Eduardo # 2296 Miraflores Telf. (02) 2326925 Fax (02) 2221500
Portugal.- Los Pinos bloque # 15 dpto. 301 Telf.(02) 2355027
República Checa.- Villa Fatima calle Convento # 1 Telf. (02) 2212119 – 2210329 Fax (02) 2213004
Rumania.- Calle Balliviam # 1110 esq. Calle 17 Calacoto Telf. (02) 2792036
Rusia.- Av. Arequipa # 8129 Calacoto Telf.(02) 2786419 – 2786531 Fax (02) 2786531
Suecia.- Av. Miguel de Aguirre # 1140 Telf.(04) 443703 Fax (04) 442441.- Cochabamba
Suiza.- Edif. Petrolero piso 7 av. 16 de julio # 1616 Telf.(02) 2353091 – 2355770 Fax(02) 2391462
Turquía.- Calle Colon edif. Barrosquira piso 4 Telf.(02) 2358031 – 2358032 Fax (02) 2430338
Uruguay.- Edif. Las 2 torres piso 19 bloc a Av. 6 de agosto 2577 Telf. (02) 2430080 Fax (02) 2430087
Venezuela.- Edif. Illimani piso 4 Av. Arce 2678 Telf.(02) 2431365 – 2432023 Fax (02) 2432348
Visas: the following types of visa are recognized:
Diplomatic Visa or Official Visa: They are offered by the Leader of the Diplomatic Mission in Bolivia abroad based on the subscribed international pacts.
In transit: Offered by the Consuls of Bolivia abroad.It allows a 15 day permanence in national territory,at the most, this kind of visa does not allow you to work.
For tourism: Offered by the Consuls of Bolivia abroad.
It allows a 30 day permanence in national territory, which can be extended twice by an equal time limit. This kind of visa does not allow you to work.
For Specific Object: Offered by the Consuls of Bolivia abroad. Requirements: valid passport, Documentation that accredits the objective of the entrance to national territory or work contract or of cultural, artistic or sports action. It allows a permanence based on the activity or objective that is intended and to a maximum of 30 days, which can be extended twice.
For student: Offered by the Consuls of Bolivia abroad, based on the following requirements: individualized, legal and valid Passport, A certificate of good behavior, Medical Certificate and Studies Certificate.
Multiple: It is an authorization for a constant entrance to the country, which is granted to foreign citizens who need to frequently enter Bolivian territory. It’s permanence in the country can not be for more than 180 days, unless an authorization of the Migration Office is given.
Countries that do not require visas or prior Consultation:
90 days Stay
Germany, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Equator, Spain, United States, Philippines, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, North Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Luxembourg, Italy, Norway, Low Countries, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Holy Headquarters, Sweden, Uruguay and Vatican
30 days Stay
Old Bermuda, Neerlandesa Antille, Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Holland, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Rep. Czech, San Cristóbal and Nevis, San Vicente and Granadillas, Santa Lucia, Swiss, Turkey, South Africa
Countries that require visa without prior consultation: 30 days stay
Albania, Andorra, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Azerbayan, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belice, Cyprus, Cuba, Dominica, E.F. Micronesia, Egypt, El Salvador, E. Arabes United, Slovakia, Estonia, Guatemala, Guiana, Granada, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moroccan, Mexico, Moldavia, Nauru, Nicaragua, New Guinea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Korea Rep., Dominican Rep., Rumania, Russia, San Marine, Surinam, Trinity and Tobago, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuato, Venezuela
Countries that require visa, subject to prior consultation and authorization of chancellery
30 days stay
Afghanistan, Angola, Armenian, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Bosnia, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burquina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Croatia, Comores, Congo, Korea R.P.D., Costa de Marfil, Djibouti, Eritrea, Slovenia, Etiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Gabón, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Ecuatorial, Hong Kong, India, Indonesian, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Kazajstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrguistan, Lesotho, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malawi, Maldibas, Mali, Mauricio, Mauritania, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rep. Central of Africa, Rep. Of the Laos, Rep. Of the Yemen, Rep. Popular of China, Santo Tome y Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leona, Singapore, Syrian, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swazilandia, Thailand, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tayikistan, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ex U. Soviet Countries, Uzbekistan, Vietnam , Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Requirements to leave of the Country:
The General Direction of Migration offers two valid documents for trips to the exterior:
A Notebook Passport: It’s requirements are:
A validity identification document
A photocopy of the identification document.
Passport on Paper: It’s requirements are:
A validity identification document
A photocopy of the identification document.
