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Vista Aérea de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Edificios de Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Catedral de Santa Cruz – Bolivia. Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia, the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Metropolitan Region is the most populous urban agglomeration in Bolivia with an estimated of 2. Pirai River in the late 16th century. This has helped make Santa Cruz the most important business center in Bolivia and the preferred destination of migrants from all over the country and from some neighboring countries as well.
Like much of the history of the people of the region, the history of the area before the arrival of European explorers is not well documented, mostly because of the somewhat nomadic nature and the absence of a written language in the culture of the local tribes. The adelantado grants of Charles V before the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Shortly after the founding, attacks from local tribes became commonplace and Ñuflo de Chaves was killed in 1568 by Itatine natives. After Chaves’s death, the conflicts with the local population as well as power struggles in the settlement forced the authorities in Peru to order the new governor, Lorenzo Suarez de Figueroa to relocate the city to the west.
Many of the inhabitants, however, chose to stay behind and continued living in the original location. Over the next 200 years, several tribes were either incorporated under Spanish control or defeated by force. Animosity towards imperial authorities began at the turn of the 18th century when the new system of intendencias reached the new world. The seat of government was taken away from the city and moved to Cochabamba, and many of the powers delegated by the viceroyalty were now in the hands of appointees of the crown. By 1813 the city was once again under imperial control. At this time, by order of General Manuel Belgrano, the revolutionary armies of Argentina sent a small force led by Ignacio Warnes to “liberate” Santa Cruz.
After his successful campaign, he assumed control of the government of the city. It is part of the province of Andrés Ibáñez and the capital of the department of Santa Cruz. It is important to point out that there is a distinction between the ethno-demographic profile of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra region, marked by the mestizo, Spanish and eastern indigenous presence, in relation to the population of the Bolivian Altiplano, western part of the country mostly Andean indigenous with a smaller mestizo and Spanish presence. The Centro de Rehabilitación Santa Cruz “Palmasola” is a prison located in Santa Cruz. The city is served by Viru Viru International Airport, which connects it to domestic and international destinations.