El Cerro Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)

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El Cerro was a Mennonite colony founded in 1996 in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 501 to 1,000 individuals and the land area was comprised of 9,900 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Las Piedras 2 (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. "El Cerro Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 1 May 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=El_Cerro_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176722.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). El Cerro Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 1 May 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=El_Cerro_Colony_(Santa_Cruz_Department,_Bolivia)&oldid=176722.



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