Arab Uruguayan

Arab Uruguayan
Uruguayo árabe
Total population
(over 50,000 descendants[1])
Regions with significant populations
Montevideo, Chuy
Languages
Uruguayan Spanish, Arabic
Religion
Christians (majority) and Islam (minority)

An Arab Uruguayan is a Uruguayan citizen or resident alien whose ancestry traces back to any of various waves of immigrants, largely of Arab cultural and linguistic heritage and/or identity, originating mainly from what is now Lebanon (of which there may be over 50,000 descendants[1]), but also there are some individuals from the twenty-two countries which comprise the Arab world such as Egypt, Syria and Palestine.

Most Uruguayans of Arabic descent are Christians, with some Muslim minorities.[1] There was also a small influx of Arab Jews, who have since lost their cultural identity.

Arab Uruguayans are among the smallest Arab diaspora groups in the world. There are some 500 Arab-speaking people in the border towns of Chuy and Rivera.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Felipe Arocena. "Multiculturalism in Uruguay" (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2014. (Spanish)


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