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Argentines of European descent

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White Argentine
Argentino blanco


Notable White Argentines:
Eva Perón · Néstor Kirchner · Milagros Schmoll
David Nalbandian · Clarisa Fernández · Coti Sorokin
Gabriel Batistuta · Carlos Menem · Manu Ginóbili
Regions with significant populations
Found throughout Argentina
Languages
Predominantly Spanish
Religion
Predominantly
Roman Catholic
with Jewish · Protestant · Orthodox ·
Atheist and Agnostic minorities
Related ethnic groups
White Brazilian · White Cuban · White Latin American · White Americans · White Hispanic · White Mexican
Spaniards · Italians · Germans · French · Portuguese · Poles · Croats · Europeans · Ashkenazi Jews

White Argentines make up 73.4%[1] to 84%[2] of Argentina's population. Whites are found in all areas of the country. White Argentines mainly are descendants of immigrants who came mainly from Spain in the late 19th century.

History

Unlike many regions in the Americas, Argentine ethnography is characterized for having a major percentage of European descendents. Estimations of which vary from 85%[1] to 97%[3] of the population. The last national census indicated a similar figure of 95%.

The most common ethnic groups is the Spaniard. There are also significant German, French, British, Polish, Italian and Slavic populations.

After the regimented Spanish colonists, waves of European settlers came to Argentina from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. Major contributors included Spain (most are Galicians and Basques, but there are Asturians, Cantabrians, Catalans, and Andalusian). Smaller but significant numbers of immigrants include Germans, Switzerland, and Austria; French which mainly came from the Occitania region of France; Italains, Slavic groups which most are Croats and Poles, but there are Ukrainians, Belarusians, Serbs, and Montenegrins; Irish who left from the Potato famine or British rule; Armenians mainly from the Ottoman Empire and Arabs mainly from the Ottoman Empire provinces of what is now the countries of Lebanon and Syria. Smaller waves of settlers from Australia, South Africa, and the United States are recorded in Argentine immigration records[citation needed].

The majority of Argentina's Jewish community derives from immigrants of north and eastern European origin (Ashkenazi Jews), and about 15–20% from Sephardic groups from Syria. Argentina is home to the fifth largest Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. (See also History of the Jews in Argentina) .

Ancestry

Ancestry of White Argentines come mostly from the European source:


Other Europeans that have contributed significantly include, but are not limited to:

Argentina also took people of the Middle East of all backgrounds (most are Christian), and they are considered white. Contributions come from:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Argentina
  2. ^ CIA - The World Factbook - Argentina
  3. ^ [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/ar.html CIA - The World Factbook - Argentina
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