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Bulgarians in South America
Ethnic group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bulgarians (Spanish and Portuguese: búlgaros) have been settling in South America (Bulgarian: Южна Америка, Yuzhna Amerika) as economic emigrants since the late 19th century. Their presence has been documented in Uruguay since 1905, in Argentina since 1906 and in Brazil since the early 20th century.
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![]() Aleksandar Tsankov, Bulgarian politician | |
Total population | |
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roughly 400,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil | |
Languages | |
Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian | |
Religion | |
Bulgarian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, other Christian. Judaism is practiced by Bulgarian Jews. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bulgarian people, other White Argentines, White Brazilians, Bulgarian Canadians, Bulgarian Americans etc. |
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