Buena Vista, Bolivia

Buena Vista is a small town in the Bolivian lowlands, capital of the Ichilo Province of the department of Santa Cruz.

The city was founded on November 26, 1694 as the Jesuit Mission of the betrothal of the Saints of Joseph and Mary.

[1] Buena Vista is administrative center of the Ichilo Province and located in the Buena Vista Municipio on the right banks of Río Ichilo, 90 km south-west of the departmental capital Santa Cruz.

The climate is a tropical humid one, with July being the coldest month and November the warmest.

The population of Buena Vista has increased strongly over the past decades, from 400 inhabitants (1969) to 2,900 (1992 census) and 3,800 inhabitants (2001 census).