Valle de la Merced Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)

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Valle de la Merced was a Mennonite colony founded in 2012 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 101 to 500 individuals and the land area comprised of 23,700 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. "Valle de la Merced Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Valle_de_la_Merced_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176070.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Valle de la Merced Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Valle_de_la_Merced_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176070.



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