El Tinto Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)
El Tinto was a Mennonite colony founded in 1997 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at 1000-2,500 individuals and the land area comprised of 34,700 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Rio Verde (Paraguay).
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. "El Tinto Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=El_Tinto_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176029.
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