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'''Trinidad''', officially '''La Santísima Trinidad''' ({{
While technically on the periphery of the Amazon rainforest, Trinidad is a wet monsoonal location that is connected by the Mamoré river to the greater Amazon Basin. While wet enough to be a rainforest in total annual precipitation, dry monsoonal weather separates the year into dry and wet seasons as is common throughout much of the greater Amazon basin, particularly to the southeast.
▲'''Trinidad''', officially '''La Santísima Trinidad''' ({{lang-es|The Most Holy Trinity}}), is a city in [[Bolivia]], capital of the department of [[Beni Department|Beni]]. The population is 130,000 (2010 official estimate).
Trinidad is a growing city of medium size, and while not an important national center, has grown in importance for the local economy of the Bolivian orient north of [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra]].
It is also home to the [[Bolivian Navy]] flotilla.▼
==History==
The city was founded in 1686 by Father Cipriano Barace. In 1769 the town moved to its current location, 9 miles away, due to flooding. The original city was on the [[Mamoré River]], but flooding and disease forced a move on the location of the city. It is located in the province of Cercado, one of Beni’s eight provinces.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
==Languages==
[[Camba]] Spanish is the primary vernacular [[lingua franca]] spoken in the town. Trinitário,<ref>Gill, Ruth, and Wayne Gill. 2015. [http://ids.clld.org/contributions/265 Trinitario dictionary]. In: Key, Mary Ritchie & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) ''The [[Intercontinental Dictionary Series]]''. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.</ref> a [[Moxo languages|Moxo]] dialect, is the main indigenous language spoken.<ref>Danielsen, Swintha (2011). The personal paradigms in Baure and other South Arawakan languages. In Antoine Guillaume; Françoise Rose (eds.). ''International Journal of American Linguistics'' 77(4): 495-520.</ref><ref>Danielsen, Swintha; Terhart, Lena (2014). Paunaka. In Mily Crevels; Pieter Muysken (eds.). ''Lenguas de Bolivia'', vol. III: Oriente, pp. 221-258. La Paz: Plural Editores.</ref>
==Infrastructure==
One of the more notable features of the city is the open drains that surrounds every block of buildings. These are linked together by lidded ditches and thence to the local river. These are necessary due to the heavy rainfall that occurs between December and May.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
==Tourism==
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The city is surrounded by rivers, lakes and lagoons. There are many river tours and restaurants and resorts around the city’s main lagoons. Trinidad is also one of the first five Jesuit mission towns established and these are now part of the Misiones tour includes visits to San Javier, Loreto, San Pedro and San Ignacio de Moxos as well. Trinidad and San Ignacio de Moxos both take part in the International Baroque Music Festival every two years in Bolivia.
==Climate==
Trinidad, located at the southern edge of the Amazon basin on the [[Llanos de Moxos]], is hot and humid most of the year. This region of the country is heavily forested and many large rivers (all tributaries of the Amazon
Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Trinidad has a [[tropical monsoon climate]] (''Am'') with a lengthy rainy season and a short dry season. The area receives ample rainfall, but is divided sharply between wet and dry seasons. Trinidad is technically Bolivia's wettest departmental capital, with over {{convert|1,400|mm|in|0|disp=or}} more rain falling than in the capital La Paz (which receives around {{convert|600|mm|in|0|disp=or}}).
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| Mar precipitation days = 13.2
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| May precipitation days = 7.5
| Jun precipitation days = 4.8
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| Jul precipitation days = 3.5
| Aug precipitation days = 3.4
| Sep precipitation days = 5.7
| Oct precipitation days = 8.7
| Nov precipitation days = 11.2
| Dec precipitation days = 15.1
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| Jan humidity = 79.6
| Feb humidity = 80.2
| Mar humidity = 78.6
| Apr humidity = 76.5
| May humidity = 76.1
| Jun humidity = 74.9
| Jul humidity = 69.8
| Aug humidity = 64.9
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|source 1 = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia<ref name="SENAMHI">
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180607025840/http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet
| archive-date = 7 June 2018
| url = http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet
| title = Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET
| publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia
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| url = https://www.scribd.com/document/542708736/Indices-Agrometeorologicos-149-Estaciones
| title = índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia
| publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia
| access-date = 15 June 2024}}</ref>
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== Tourist attractions ==
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Trinidad has two singular museums. The Museo Itícola (Fish Fauna Museum) is the third largest of its kind in South America and houses over 400 specimens of fish species found in the region’s lakes and lagoons. It is located on the UAB University campus. Visitors can see tiny fish, piranhas, and a preserved pink river dolphin (full sized floating in formaldehyde). The Kenneth Lee Ethno-Archeological Museum is also a great place to visit. Here, visitors can view exhibits of pottery, utensils and tools, textiles and other implements used by the Moxos culture.
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== Transportation ==
'''Airport''': {{airport codes|TDD|SLTR}} [[Teniente Jorge Henrich Arauz]]<br />
:Lat: 14° 48' 0
:Lon: 64° 46' 0
:Alt: 509 feet (155 metres)
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File:Santisima.TrinidadBn.jpg|Trinidad, Bolivia
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==Notable person==
* [[Asunta Limpias de Parada]] (1915–1995), composer, writer, singer, and pianist
==References==
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* [http://www.amarillas.bo Bolivian Yellow Pages]
* [http://www.boliviabella.com/trinidad.html Trinidad]
* [https://www.mindat.org/feature-3902377.html]
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