Boven Bolivia

Hamlet in Bonaire, Netherlands

Boven Bolivia

Hamlet

A cow on the former plantation

Boven Bolivia

Location in Bonaire

Coordinates: 12°10′55″N 68°13′05″W﻿ / ﻿12.1819°N 68.2181°W﻿ / 12.1819; -68.2181
Country| Netherlands
Public body| Bonaire

Boven Bolivia is a hamlet on the island of Bonaire at the head of a lagoon on the island's east coast.[1][2]

Boven Bolivia started as a plantation.[3] Guano was discovered in the late 19th century,[4] however the plantation was later abandoned and only ruins remain.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ The Year Book of the West Indies and Countries of the Caribbean. T. Skinner. 1952. pp. 797–.
2. ^ Pieter Wagenaar Hummelinck (1948). Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands. M. Nijhoff.
3. ^ "Landhuis Karpata". Beautiful Bonaire (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
4. ^ Benjamins, Herman Daniël; Snelleman, Johannes (1917). Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië (in Dutch). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 599 - via Digital Library for Dutch Literature.
5. ^ "Boven Bolivia plantagehuis". Curaçao Pictures (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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