Las Grullas Colony (San Luís Potosí, Mexico)

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Las Grullas (also known as Rio Verde) was a Mennonite colony founded in 2006 in the state of San Luís Potosí in Mexico. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 101 to 500 individuals and the land area comprised of 2,200 hectares. The colonists came primarily Nuevo Progreso (Mexico), Chavi (Mexico), Yalnón (Mexico), and El Sabinal (Mexico).

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. "Las Grullas Colony (San Luís Potosí, Mexico)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 27 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Las_Grullas_Colony_(San_Lu%C3%ADs_Potos%C3%AD,_Mexico)&oldid=176154.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Las Grullas Colony (San Luís Potosí, Mexico). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Las_Grullas_Colony_(San_Lu%C3%ADs_Potos%C3%AD,_Mexico)&oldid=176154.



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