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Immigrants from Liguria, a region located in northwestern Italy, began arriving in Uruguay before 1840 and by the middle of that century constituted the largest regional group [65] Data from the 1850s indicates that nearly 30% of Italian men in Montevideo were engaged in trade, 45% were artisans or self-employed, and 22.2% were employed. [66]
Street map of Punta de Rieles - Bella Italia Location of Pta de Rieles /Bella Italia in Montevideo Coordinates: 34°49′58″S 56°7′0″W / 34.83278°S 56.11667°W / -34.83278; -56
Pages in category "Uruguayan people of Italian descent" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Topographical map of Uruguay With 176,214 km 2 (68,037 sq mi) of continental land and 142,199 km 2 (54,903 sq mi) of jurisdictional water and small river islands, [ 66 ] Uruguay is the second smallest sovereign nation in South America (after Suriname ) and the third smallest territory ( French Guiana is the smallest). [ 67 ]
Pages in category "Italian diaspora in Uruguay" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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 ...
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Ciudad Vieja (Spanish pronunciation: [θjuˈðað ˈβjexa], Old City) is the historic city centre of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.Located in a peninsula at the mouth of the Bay of Montevideo it was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire, after the independence of Uruguay the city rapidly grew outwards and the Ciudad Vieja remained as one of the central neighbourhoods ...