Leoncito Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)

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Leoncito was a Mennonite colony founded in 1995 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 1 to 100 individuals and the land area comprised of 600 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Canadiense 2 (Bolivia).

Bibliography

Le Polain de Waroux, Yann, Janice Neumann, Anna O’Driscoll and Kerstin Schreiber. “Pious pioneers: the expansion of Mennonite colonies in Latin America.” Journal of Land Use Science 16, no. 1 (2021): 1-17.


Author(s) Samuel Boucher
Date Published June 2023

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Boucher, Samuel. "Leoncito Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 3 Jun 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Leoncito_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176016.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Leoncito Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 3 June 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Leoncito_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176016.



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