Florida Colony (Tarija, Tarija Department, Bolivia)

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Florida (also called Blumenthal) was a Mennonite colony founded in 1997 in the Tarija Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 501 to 1,000 individuals and the land area comprised of 14,600 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Del Norte (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. "Florida Colony (Tarija, Tarija Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 18 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Florida_Colony_(Tarija,_Tarija_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176030.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Florida Colony (Tarija, Tarija Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Florida_Colony_(Tarija,_Tarija_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176030.



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