Schönthal Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)

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Schönthal was a Mennonite colony founded in 1967 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia eventually dissolving in 1983. The population was estimated to be approximately 1000-2,500 and its land area, 10,000 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Ojo de la Yegua (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. "Schönthal Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 16 Jan 2025. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Sch%C3%B6nthal_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176193.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Schönthal Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 January 2025, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Sch%C3%B6nthal_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176193.



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