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==Immigration into Argentina== | ==Immigration into Argentina== | ||
*Argentina is considered a country of immigrants. Argentines usually refer to the country as a crisol de razas (crucible of races, or melting pot). | |||
*In colonial times, the ethnic composition of Argentina was the result of the interaction of the '''pre-Columbian indigenous population with a colonizing population of Spanish origin and with sub-Saharan African slaves.''' | |||
*Between 1857 and 1950, Argentina was the country with the second biggest immigration wave in the world, at 6.6 million, second only to the United States. *However, immigration did not have the same impact in the whole country. According to the 1914 national census, 30% of Argentina's population was foreign-born, including 50% of the people in the city of Buenos Aires, but foreigners were only 2% in the provinces of Catamarca and La Rioja (North West region). | |||
*Most Argentines are descended from the 19th- and 20th-century immigrants of the great immigration wave to Argentina (1850–1955), with a great majority coming from European countries, particularly '''Italy and Spain'''. | |||
*Argentina is home to a significant '''Arab population'''; including those with partial descent, Arab Argentines number 1.3 to 3.5 million, mostly of '''Syrian and Lebanese origin. As in the United States, they are considered white. The majority of Arab Argentines are Christians belonging to the Maronite Church, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Rite Catholic Churches'''. | |||
*The Asian population in the country numbers around 180,000 individuals, most of whom are of '''Chinese''' and '''Korean''' descent, although an older '''Japanese''' community originating from the early 20th century still exists.[282] | |||
*From the 1970s, immigration has mostly been coming from '''Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru''', with smaller numbers from the '''Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Romania'''.<ref>"Argentina: Ethnography", in Wkikpedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina#Ethnography, accessed 10 May 2021.</ref> | |||
===History=== | |||
*After independence was won, the government encouraged immigration. Free land, tools and animals were given to these new colonists if they would work on the land for five years. | *After independence was won, the government encouraged immigration. Free land, tools and animals were given to these new colonists if they would work on the land for five years. | ||
*In 1824, the Commission of Immigration began advertising to attract European immigrants to create new agriculture communities in the '''vast open lands outside the great Buenos Aires'''. One of the first groups sponsored came from the '''British Isles''' in Feb 1825, departing from '''Glasgow and Liverpool'''. Some of the first '''Irish''' settled in these '''outskirts Buenos Aires and south of Santa Fe'''. | *In 1824, the Commission of Immigration began advertising to attract European immigrants to create new agriculture communities in the '''vast open lands outside the great Buenos Aires'''. One of the first groups sponsored came from the '''British Isles''' in Feb 1825, departing from '''Glasgow and Liverpool'''. Some of the first '''Irish''' settled in these '''outskirts Buenos Aires and south of Santa Fe'''. | ||