Colonia Delta
Colonia Delta is a Mennonite agricultural settlement in San José Department, Uruguay. It is located 97 km west of Montevideo, near the Arroyo Pavón, not far from Route 1.
Established in 1955 by Vistula delta Mennonites who came from West Prussia, Danzig and Poland to Uruguay.[1] Its Spanish name refers to the Vistula delta.
As of 2011, it had 41 inhabitants.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ William Schroeder; Helmut Huebert (1996). Mennonite historical atlas. Kindred Productions. pp. 145–146. ISBN 978-0-920643-05-1. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ "Resultados censo 2011-Departamento de San José". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 8 December 2013. (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- "Colonia Delta". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- Interview to the family Kunze in Colonia Delta (in Spanish)
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