Bolivian Argentines
Bolivian Argentines (Quechua: Buliwyanu Arhintinapi, Spanish: Boliviano-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of Bolivian descent or Bolivia-born people who immigrated to Argentina. In recent decades, Bolivia has become one of the main sources of immigration in Argentina, making Bolivians one of the largest Hispanic American immigrant groups in Argentina, along with Paraguayans, Peruvians and Venezuelans.
Buliwyanu Arhintinapi (Quechua) Boliviano-argentinos (Spanish) | |
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Annual Bolivian Community Parade in Buenos Aires, in honor of the Virgen de Copacabana | |
| Total population | |
| 671,193 (by birth, 2023) +2,000,000 (by ancestry) 5.4% of Argentina's population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout Argentina with a significant presence in Buenos Aires and the Argentine Northwest region | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
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In Argentina, at the beginning of the 21st century, lies the world's largest Bolivian community outside Bolivia. The 2001 census recorded 233,464 legal Bolivians residing in Argentina, in equal parts for women and men. This is due in large part to economic abundance, and favorable opportunities which immigrants have in Argentina, as well as the healthcare and quality of life.
The Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of Bolivia considers that there are over 3 million Bolivian citizens living in different foreign countries. Of these, migration to Argentina accounts for 73% of the total, being the largest Bolivian diaspora group abroad. Today, it is estimated that more than 2 million Bolivians reside in Argentina, 5.4% of Argentina's total population.
Most Bolivians reside in Greater Buenos Aires, especially in La Matanza, Morón, Tres de Febrero and Escobar partidos. Within the City of Buenos Aires, they reside mainly in the neighbourhoods of Flores, Villa Soldati, Villa Lugano, Liniers and Nueva Pompeya. There are also important Bolivian communities in the provinces of Salta, Jujuy and Tucumán. Moreover, about 50,000 Bolivians reside in the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro in the Patagonia Region.