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Hungarian Uruguayans

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Hungarian composer Francisco José Debali, author of the music of the National Anthem of Uruguay.

Hungarian Uruguayans are people born in Hungary who live in Uruguay or Uruguayan-born people of Hungarian descent.

Overview

Hungarian Uruguayans are a local ethnic minority; their presence is small but meaningful, numbering around 2,000-3,000 of which ca. 150 were born in Hungary.[1]

In 1925 was established a Society of Hungarian-Language Workers in Uruguay[2] They even had some influence within the Communist Party of Uruguay.[2]

In 1936, Hungarian migrants established the Hungarian Home of Uruguay (Hungarian: Uruguayi Magyar Otthon), an ethnic association.[3]

There is also a small Jewish-Hungarian community, they established their own association in the 1920s.[4]

There is an immigrant branch of the Batthyány noble family.[5]

Notable Hungarians in Uruguay

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