El Ombú
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For other uses, see Ombú (disambiguation).
El Ombú is a Mennonite agricultural settlement in Río Negro Department, Uruguay. It is located 284 km NW of Montevideo and 29 km SE of Young, near the Route 3.
Established in 1950 by Vistula delta Mennonites who came from West Prussia, Danzig and Poland, it was the first Mennonite settlement on Uruguayan territory.[1] It takes its name from the most popular native tree in Uruguay, ombú (Phytolacca dioica).
See also
References
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.
- ↑ William Schroeder; Helmut Huebert (1996). Mennonite historical atlas. Kindred Productions. pp. 145–146. ISBN 978-0-920643-05-1. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
External links
- "Website of El Ombú". Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- "El Ombú". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
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