Romanian Argentines are Argentine citizens of Romanian descent or a group of

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-born people who nowadays reside in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. Romanian immigration to Argentina began in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. It started along with the massive wave of European immigrants who arrived in the country during that period. Many Romanian immigrants to Argentina were Jewish. Numerically, this current was significantly lower than that of other peoples of Central and Eastern Europe.

History

Romanian immigration to Argentina can be divided into three waves:

First wave

The first wave ranges from the late nineteenth century until after

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. Immigrants came mainly from

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(

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and Bukovina) and the

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( Bessarabia). The earliest of whom is adventurer Julius Popper, who perpetrated the

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Second wave

The second wave of Romanian immigrants in Argentina came just after the end of the

Third wave

The third wave came in the 90's, after the end of the communist regime in Romania.

Romanian Jews

As part of the first wave of Romanian immigrants who arrived to Argentina, Jewish settlers founded numerous towns in Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, including those of

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, Palacios, Las Palmeras and Monigotes. Many families of Romanian-Jewish background joined these groups of pioneers.

Notable people

References

External links

{{Portal bar, Argentina, Romania European diaspora in Argentina