Armenian Argentines
Ethnic group in Argentina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armenian Argentines (Armenian: Հայերն Արգենտինայում, romanized: Hayern Argentinayum; Spanish: Armenios en Argentina) are ethnic Armenians who live in Argentina. Estimates vary, an 150,000 people of Armenian ancestry live in the country, forming one of the largest groups in the Armenian diaspora worldwide.[1][2] The core of the population came from Cilicia, Syria and Lebanon.
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Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Buenos Aires | |
Total population | |
Unknown (by birth) + 150,000 (by ancestry)[1] 0.3% of Argentina's population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Buenos Aires, smaller numbers in Córdoba, Mar del Plata, Berisso and Rosario | |
Languages | |
Spanish · Armenian | |
Religion | |
Majority: Oriental Orthodoxy Minority: Catholicism · Protestant | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Armenians · Armenian Brazilians · Armenian Uruguayans · Armenian Americans |
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