Leoncito Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)

From GAMEO
Revision as of 08:04, 29 June 2023 by AlfRedekopp (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<!-- Force the table of contents to appear first --> __FORCETOC__ __TOC__ Leoncito was a Mennonite colony founded in 1995 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia. In 2020...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search


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

Cite This Article

MLA style

Boucher, Samuel. "Leoncito Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 4 Jun 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Leoncito_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176016.

APA style

Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Leoncito Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 4 June 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Leoncito_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176016.



©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.

Retrieved from "https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Leoncito_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176016"