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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]
Uruguayan people of Swiss-Italian descent (6 P) Pages in category "Uruguayan people of Italian descent" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total.
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 ...
The culture of Uruguay is diverse since the nation's population is one of multicultural origins. Modern Uruguayan culture and lifestyle are heavily influenced by European traditions, due to the contributions of large numbers of immigrants who arrived in the country from the 19th century onwards, especially from Italy and Spain.
In addition to European immigrants, many Afro-Uruguayans who with the abolition of slavery in 1842 moved to the southern area of the city, living in collective housing known as conventillos. In these conventillos, the Afro population maintained their old traditions and rituals, such as making music with marching drums, originating to Candombe ...
"Society of the Snow" is earning raves for its a ccurate depiction of the terrifying 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains that involved a Uruguayan rugby team.. The new Netflix drama, directed ...
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, [ 67 ] Uruguay is the second smallest sovereign nation in South America (after Suriname ) and the third smallest territory ( French Guiana is the smallest). [ 68 ]
Pages in category "Italian emigrants to Uruguay" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.