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Regions with significant populations brazil estimated 9 12 million with at least partial ancestry france 3 3 to 5 5 million people of north african arab or berber descent.
Arab immigration to latin america. Since the first major wave of arab immigration in the late 19th century the majority of arab immigrants have settled in or near large cities. This can vary from a low of 2 in uruguay to an astounding 9 in argentina. Newer arrivals have had a harder. They mainly came from lebanon syria and palestine.
Majority of arab immigrants in latin america were christian. Today s influx of syrian refugees while a new source of debate is only the latest chapter in a long history. Arab immigration to the united states begins in the 19th century with the first voluntary immigrant anthony miscellany emigrating from the greater syria mount lebanon region of the ottoman empire in 1854. Arabs have been migrating to latin america establishing cultural connections and contributing to latin america s development since the 19th century.
But still you rarely. Since it is a large commercial center it drew many arab immigrants who have built a huge community center which is the envy of the other communities. Exact numbers are difficult to pinpoint but somewhere in the realm of 250 300 000 people came to latin america s three largest nations argentina brazil mexico from the region that today comprises the territories of syria lebanon palestine and jordan. As much as 5 of latin america is comprised of arabs.
The vast majority live along the caribbean coastline. The vast majority of early arab immigrants in latin america were christians specifically the maronite and melkite branches of catholicism from what is today syria and lebanon fleeing persecution and discrimination when the region was under ottoman turkish rule. According to the international organization for migration there are 13 million arab migrants of whom 5 8 million reside in arab countries. This equates to about 25 30 million people.
Arab diaspora العرب المغتربون. Arab immigration to latin america arab migration to latin america as in the case of the arab canadians began in the last decades of the 19th century until about the 1950s. The arabs of latin america the first wave of migrants from the middle east to latin america found acceptance by the locals as successful hardworking merchants.
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