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Massive European and Levantine immigration to Argentina, late 19th century. Immigrants' Hotel, Buenos Aires. Built in 1906, it could accommodate up to 4,000. The history of immigration to Argentina can be divided into several major stages:
German immigration to Argentina occurred during five main time periods: pre–1870, 1870–1914, 1918–1933, 1933–1940 and post–1945. Argentina and Germany have long had close ties to each other. A flourishing trade developed between them as early as the German Unification, and Germany had a privileged position in the Argentine economy.
European Argentinians may live in any part of the country, though their proportion varies according to region. Due to the fact that the main entry point for European immigrants was the Port of Buenos Aires, they settled mainly in the central-eastern region known as the Pampas (the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Entre Ríos and La Pampa), [8] Their presence in the north-western ...
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This clause reflects the Generation of 1830s immigration policies. European immigrants, particularly those from developed Northern European countries, were meant to have a civilizing and modernizing effect on Argentine society, and to forge a new Argentine identity based on hard work, merit, and economic progress.
Argentina is a multiethnic society, home to people of various ethnic, racial, religious, denomination, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. [19] [20] [21] As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to ...
The Museum is in the process of digitizing 5 million immigration records from 1882 to 1960 for genealogical and historical purposes. [3] Between 1881 and 1914 alone, more than 4 million immigrants, including 2 million Italians and 1.4 million Spaniards, came to Argentina. [8] The Contemporary Art Center has rotating exhibitions. [14]
By 1976, 116,032 had settled in Argentina. French immigration to Argentina can be divided in three main periods, as follows: France was the third source of immigration to Argentina before 1890, constituting over 10% of immigrants, only surpassed by Italians and Spaniards; from 1890 to 1914, immigration from France, although reduced, was still ...