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| *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] | | *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> | | *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=== | | ===Historys=== |
| *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'''. |