Movima

The Movima are an Indigenous people of the Llanos de Moxos, the lowland country of rivers and seasonally flooded savannas around the Mamoré. Their language is distinct from the languages of neighbouring peoples. In 1708 the Jesuit Baltasar de Espinoza founded the mission of San Lorenzo near the Mamoré with Movima inhabitants, drawing their communities into the Spanish mission system.