Colonia Delta
Mennonite agricultural settlement in Uruguay
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
- Mennonites in Uruguay
References
External links
- "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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San José Department of Uruguay
Capital: San José de Mayo
villages
- Capurro
- Ciudad del Plata
- Colonia Delta
- Delta del Tigre y Villas*
- Ecilda Paullier
- Ituzaingó
- Kiyú
- Libertad
- Monte Grande
- Ordeig
- Playa Pascual*
- Puntas de Valdez
- Rafael Perazza
- Raigón
- Rodríguez
- Safici
- San José de Mayo
- Santa Mónica*
- Villa María*
* parts of Ciudad del Plata as of 2006
34°26′20″S 57°01′17″W / 34.43889°S 57.02139°W / -34.43889; -57.02139
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