Argentina

Demographics

Unlike most of its neighbouring countries, Argentina's population descends overwhelmingly from Europeans. The basic demographic stock (88% of the population) is made up of descendants of the colonial Spanish settlers, augmented by descendants of later Italian and Spanish immigrants. However, around 56% of Argentinians possess at least some Amerindian ancestry (as discovered by genetic research).

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Italian - Spanish - Amerindian

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The indigenous population (poorly estimated between 500,000 and 2 million), is concentrated in the provinces of the north, northwest and south. As of 2001, 2.8% of Argentine households host a person that claim to belong to, or to descend from, the indigenous peoples.

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Waves of immigrants from European countries arrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Patagonian Chubut Valley has a significant Welsh-descended population and retains many aspects of Welsh culture. Other important immigrant groups came from Germany (German colonies were settled in the provinces of Entre Ríos, Misiones, Formosa, Córdoba and the Patagonian region, as well as in Buenos Aires itself), France (mostly settled in Buenos Aires city and province), Scandinavia (especially Sweden) the United Kingdom and Ireland (Buenos Aires and the Patagonia) and Eastern European nations, such as Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the Balkans region (especially Croatia and Serbia) and others.

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Europe - 19th - 20th centuries - Chubut Valley - Welsh-descended population - Germany - France - Scandinavia - Sweden - United Kingdom - Ireland - Eastern Europe - Poland - Russia - Ukraine - Balkans - Croatia - Serbia

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Syrian, Lebanese, and other Middle Eastern immigrants number about 500,000, mainly in urban areas. The Jewish community in Argentina is about 300,000, the largest in south America.

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Syria - Lebanese - Middle East - Jewish

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Small numbers of people from East Asia have settled Argentina, mainly in Buenos Aires. The first Asian-Argentines were of Japanese descent, but Koreans, Vietnamese and Chinese soon followed.

Related Topics:
Asia - Asian-Argentines - Japan - Korea - Vietnam - Chinese

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There was a substantial immigration from other Latin American countries during the 1990s.

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