Manitoba Colony, Bolivia

Not to be confused with Manitoba Colony, Mexico or Manitoba, Canada.

Manitoba Colony is an ultraconservative Mennonite community in the Santa Cruz Department or eastern lowlands of Bolivia.[1][2][3] Conservative plain dress Old Colony Mennonites from Mexico and Canada began moving to Bolivia in the 1960s.[4] Manitoba Colony, one of dozens of Mennonite colonies in Bolivia, was founded in 1991 and named after a much larger colony in Mexico, which, in turn, has its origins in the Canadian province of Manitoba.[5] The colony has a population of approximately 2,000. Members of the colony speak Plautdietsch, dress plainly, and do not use electricity or automobiles.[6]

  1. ^ Linda Pressly (May 16, 2019). "The rapes haunting a community that shuns the 21st Century". BBC News.
  2. ^ Jean Friedman-Rudovsky (August 26, 2011). "A Verdict in Bolivia's Shocking Case of the Mennonite Rapes". TIME. Archived from the original on August 18, 2011.
  3. ^ William Schroeder and Helmut T. Huebert. Mennonite Historical Atlas. Springfield Publishers.
  4. ^ "Bolivia". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  5. ^ William Schroeder and Helmut T. Huebert. Mennonite Historical Atlas. Springfield Publishers.
  6. ^ "Mennonite Community of Manitoba, Bolivia". Insider.