Las Palmas Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)

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Las Palmas was a Mennonite colony founded in 1992 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at 101 to 500 individuals and the land area comprised of 3,000 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Las Pavas (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. "Las Palmas Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Las_Palmas_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176012.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Las Palmas Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Las_Palmas_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176012.



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