Palestinian Uruguayan

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Palestinian Uruguayan is a Uruguayan citizen of Palestinian descent or a Palestine-born person residing in Uruguay. There are approximately 500 Uruguayans with Palestinian ancestry, living mostly in on the Brazilian border.[1] Most of them in Chuy, where they run their own association,[2] others in Rivera.[1]

The majority of Palestinian Uruguayans are Muslim,[1] with a tiny Christian minority.

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  1. ^ a b c Felipe Arocena. "Multiculturalism in Uruguay" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2015.  (Spanish)
  2. ^ "Interview to Mustafá Salim" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2015.  (Spanish)