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]
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