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Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia:
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About
Sta. Cruz de la Sierra:
The city of Santa Cruz
de la Sierra was founded by Nuflo de Chávez on February 26, 1560.
Chávez named the new city in honor of his beloved native city in
Extremadura, Spain. The city originally lay 220 km east of its current
location, on the shores of the Piraí river. But, by the end of the
16th century, the city was moved to its present position, 50 km east
of the Cordillera Oriental foothills. Santa Cruz supplied the rest of
the colony with cotton, rice, sugar and fruit. It was a prosperous
city until the late 1800's. Then, transport routes opened up between
Peru's sea ports and La Paz, making imported products cheaper than
those transported by mule from Santa Cruz. In the 1950's Santa Cruz
was connected through roads and highways with other major centers. The
city is connected by railways with Brazil and Argentina, and by road
with Cochabamba, the Chaco, and Trinidad. Websites about
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