Saipuru

Saipurú lies in the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes, in a region long inhabited by Guaraní communities. Its Guaraní name has been associated with the bubbling of hot springs. Guaraní-speaking peoples reached the foothills in successive migrations from farther east, and their communities resisted Spanish advances during the colonial period. Wooded slopes and valleys separate this mountain frontier from the Chaco plains.