Tres Cruces Colony (Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia)
Tres Cruces (also referred to as the Belize Colony (Bolivia) is located approximately 100 km (60 miles) east of Santa Cruz (Bolivia), close to the railroad. It was established in 1982 mainly by settlers from Shipyard Colony Belize, with several families each from Riva Palacios and Swift Current colonies in Bolivia. This Old Colony group was being served by Bishop Ben Peters of the Riva Palacios colony in 1986. In 1986 the church had 285 members and the total population was 785. In 2020 the population of the colony was estimated at approximately 1001-2,500 individuals and the land area comprised of 20,300 hectares.
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) | Isbrand Hiebert |
|---|---|
| Samuel Boucher | |
| Date Published | June 2023 |
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