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Indigenous peoples in Uruguay or Native Uruguayans, are the peoples who have historically lived in the modern state of Uruguay. Because of genocidal colonial practices, disease and active exclusion, only a very small share of the population is aware of the country's indigenous history or has known indigenous ancestry.
Most Uruguayans descend from colonial-era settlers and immigrants from Europe with almost 88% of the population being of European descent. [14] The majority of these are Spaniards and Italians, followed by the French, Portuguese, Germans, Romanians, Greeks, British (English or Scots), Irish, Poles, [15] Swiss, Russians, Bulgarians, Arab (mainly Lebanese and Syrians), Sephardi and Ashkenazi ...
Minority languages in Uruguay include Italian, French, German, Hebrew, and other European languages, which are present in the country due to the significant waves of migration from Europe. English is the most widespread foreign language among the Uruguayan people. [7] Since 2001, Uruguayan Sign Language is an official language. [8]
Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 square kilometres (68,037 sq mi). [8] It has a population of around 3.4 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter-gatherers 13,000 years ago. [13]
Ever since French immigrants entered Uruguay, French influence has always been strong in Uruguayan culture. Basques (needs information) Germans: Uruguay does contain a number of Germans: about 15,000 German expatriates and around 150,000 people of German descent. Uruguay has also adopted some of Germany's culture, and a variety of German ...
Uruguayan people of indigenous peoples descent (4 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Indigenous peoples in Uruguay" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The most recent figure is from the 2011 Uruguayan census, which revealed 367 people who declared Portugal as their country of birth [5] while in 2019 the UN estimated 579 Portuguese-born people living in the country. [6] However, as of 2021, 3,069 [7] Portuguese citizens have registered as residing in Uruguay within Portuguese authorities. This ...
Romani people in Uruguay; U. Uruguayans; V. Venezuelans in Uruguay This page was last edited on 30 December 2013, at 08:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...