Valle Nuevo Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)
Valle Nuevo was a Mennonite colony founded in 1993 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 22,400 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Swift Current (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. "Valle Nuevo Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 27 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Valle_Nuevo_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176014.
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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Valle Nuevo Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Valle_Nuevo_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176014.
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