Milagrosa Colony, (El Beni Department, Bolivia)
Milagrosa was a Mennonite colony founded in 1986 in the El Benin 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 16,300 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Belize (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 |
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Date Published | June 2023 |
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Boucher, Samuel. "Milagrosa Colony, (El Beni Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Milagrosa_Colony,_(El_Beni_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176031.
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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Milagrosa Colony, (El Beni Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Milagrosa_Colony,_(El_Beni_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176031.
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