La Esperanza Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)
La Esperanza was a Mennonite colony founded in 2013 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 1 to 100 individuals and the land area comprised of 4,000 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Durango 1 (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. "La Esperanza Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 15 Oct 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=La_Esperanza_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176072.
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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). La Esperanza Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 15 October 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=La_Esperanza_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176072.
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