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Lebanese immigration to Venezuela started when the first wave began to arrive to the country during 1862, in the last months of the Federal War.Once disembarked in the ports of Venezuela, they were classified by the authorities as Turks, because they had only been issued passports with that nationality.
Arab immigration to Venezuela started as early as the 19th and 20th centuries. They came mostly from the Ottoman provinces of Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, and are present in significant numbers in Caracas. Immigration of Arabs in Venezuela has influenced Venezuelan culture, in particular Arabic food and music.
This is a list of notable individuals born in Venezuela of Lebanese ancestry or people of Lebanese and Venezuelan dual nationality who live or lived in Venezuela. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
There are also other large Lebanese communities elsewhere in Latin America, including Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Paraguay and Venezuela. Many Lebanese have also been settled for quite some time in the United States, Australia, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa and in the European Union member states.
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A study conducted by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut-based research firm, cited by the United States Department of State found that of Lebanon's population of approximately 4.3 million is estimated to be: [70] 54% Islam (Shia and Sunni, 27% each), 40.5% Christian (21% Maronite, 8% Greek Orthodox, 5% Melkite Catholics, 1% Protestant, 5.5% other ...
Over time, Europeans intermarried often with the Amerindian peoples, and to produce a mixed-race population which are the majority of people in Venezuela today. [ citation needed ] Starting in the early 1500s, except the authorization of german settlers in Venezuela from 1527 to 1548, Spain discouraged non-Spaniard immigration to its colonies ...
Visa requirements for citizens of the Republic of Lebanon are administrative entry restrictions by the ... South Sudan, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, and ...