Lebanese Chileans

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Lebanese Chileans
Total population
(90,000)
Regions with significant populations
Valparaíso, Serena, Santiago
Languages
Chilean Spanish, Arabic, French
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Lebanese, Palestinian Chilean

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Lebanese Chileans, are immigrants to Chile from the Lebanon. Most are Christian and they arrived in Chile in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries to escape from poverty. Ethnically Lebanese Chileans are often called "Turks", (Spanish: Turcos) a term believed to derive from the fact that they arrived from present day Lebanon, which at that time was occupied by the Ottoman Turkish Empire.[1] Most arrived as members of the Eastern Orthodox church and the Maronite church, but became Roman Catholic.[2] A minority are Muslim. [3]

The Christhttps://www.codecademy.com/blogian Orthodox, built the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Santiago and All Chile in Santiago in 1917. It is a cathedral of the Church of Antioch with six parishes.[4]

Notable Lebanese Chileans

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arab and Jewish immigrants in Latin America: images and realities, by Ignacio Klich, Jeff Lesser, 1998, p. 165.
  2. ↑ In Santiago Society, No One Cares If Your Name Is Carey or de Yrarrazaval, By ENID NEMY September 14, 1969, Sunday, Arab and Jewish immigrants in Latin America.
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  4. ↑ Antiochian Orthodox of Santiago to Chile.

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