Neuland Colony

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Neuland
Neuland
Coordinates: 22°39′0″S 60°7′48″W / -22.65, -60.13
Country	Paraguay
Department	Boquerón
Population (2008)
- Total	3,429

Neuland Colony is a settlement of Russian Mennonites in the Boquerón Department of Paraguay with around 3,400 residents (2008).

The site is near Filadelfia, the capital of Boquerón, and not far from neighbouring Presidente Hayes Department. Neuland is within the Gran Chaco and hosts among other things a museum of colonisation history and a monument remembering the Chaco War.

The monthly newspaper, Neuland – Informiert und Diskutiert, is one of several German language newspapers in Paraguay.

[edit] Sources

• World Gazeteer: Paraguay – World-Gazetteer.com

[edit] External links

• Pictures of Neuland and the Gran Chaco

Coordinates: 22°38′55″S, 60°07′40″W