Casas Grandes Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)
Casas Grandes was a Mennonite colony founded in 1986 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 1000-2,500 individuals and the land area comprised of 14,600 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Buenos Aires (Mexico) and El Cuervo (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 |
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Date Published | June 2023 |
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Boucher, Samuel. "Casas Grandes Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 20 Aug 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Casas_Grandes_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176137.
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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Casas Grandes Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 August 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Casas_Grandes_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176137.
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