Rio Verde del Este Colony (San Pedro Department, Paraguay)

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Rio Verde del Este (also known as La Yeya) was a Mennonite colony founded in 2006 in the San Pedro Department in Paraguay. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 101 to 500 individuals and the land area comprised of 8,500 hectares. The colonists came primarily from Rio Verde (Paraguay).

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. "Rio Verde del Este Colony (San Pedro Department, Paraguay)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2023. Web. 27 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rio_Verde_del_Este_Colony_(San_Pedro_Department,_Paraguay)&oldid=176180.

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Boucher, Samuel. (June 2023). Rio Verde del Este Colony (San Pedro Department, Paraguay). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rio_Verde_del_Este_Colony_(San_Pedro_Department,_Paraguay)&oldid=176180.



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