Asian Argentines
Asian Argentines, are Argentine citizens or residents of Asian ancestry. The vast majority trace their ancestry to West Asia, primarily Lebanon and Syria, and East Asia, namely China and Japan. Though there are other communities of South Asian or Southeast Asian origin as well. Asian-Argentines settled in Argentina in large numbers during several waves of immigration in the twentieth century.
Asian Argentines at the Korean stand of the 2012 Gastronomic Patio held in Buenos Aires | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,000,000 (estimated) There are no official data in the censuses
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and the Argentine Northwest | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish • Asian languages (including Arabic · Mandarin · Min · Japanese · Korean · Punjabi · Turkish · Laotian) | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism · Hinduism · Christianity · Islam · Shinto · Sikhism · Jainism · Zoroastrianism · Baháʼí · Judaism · Taoism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Asian Latin Americans · Asian Americans · Asian Canadians · Asian Australians · Chinese · Arabs · Japaneses · Koreans · Turks · Punjabis · Laotians |
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