La Esperanza del Carmen Colony (Beni Department, Bolivia)

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La Esperanza del Carmen (also known as Las Piedras) was a Mennonite colony founded in 2004 in the Beni Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 1 to 100 individuals and the land area comprised of 4,500 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Belize (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. "La Esperanza del Carmen Colony (Beni Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 11 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=La_Esperanza_del_Carmen_Colony_(Beni_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176053.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). La Esperanza del Carmen Colony (Beni Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 11 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=La_Esperanza_del_Carmen_Colony_(Beni_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176053.




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