Chilean Venezuelans
Chileno-venezolano | |
---|---|
Total population | |
12,037[1] (2011) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Miranda State | 2,744 |
Bolívar State | 1,947 |
Capital District | 1,334 |
Carabobo State | 1,297 |
Languages | |
Chilean Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholic | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Chilean Venezuelans are Venezuelans of Chilean descent or Chileans who have obtained Venezuelan citizenship. This migratory flow was one of the main destinations for exiles from the Pinochet dictatorship,[2] at which time approximately 80,000 people came to Venezuela,[3] in addition to professional migrants motivated by the oil boom occurred between 1950 and 1980.[2]
In 2011, the Miranda State was the state with the highest concentration of Chileans (2,744 in total), followed by the Bolívar State (1,947 in total) and the Capital District (1,334 in total).[1] Several activities are carried out within the Chilean communities of Venezuela, such as the 1973 coup d'état commemoration[4] and the celebration of native land holidays.[5]
Notable people[]
Chilean immigrants in Venezuela[]
- Isabel Allende, writer (she lived in Venezuela between 1975 and 1988)
- Jaime Castillo Velasco, lawyer and politician
- Beto Cuevas, singer
Venezuelans descendants of Chileans[]
- George Forsyth, footballer
- Gregorio González Nicolini, filmmaker and financial analyst
- Jorge Valdivia, footballer
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Segundo Registro de Chilenos en el Exterior. ¿Cuántos son, dónde están y cómo son los chilenos?" (PDF) (in Spanish). , National Statistics Institute of Chile. pp. 150–159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ a b Schiavon, Jorge A.; Durand, Jorge (2014). Perspectivas migratorias: Un análisis interdisciplinario de la migración internacional (in Spanish). Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas. p. 22. ISBN 978-607-7843-07-8.
- ^ "Venezuela es el tercer país con más inmigrantes en Latinoamérica". Informe21 (in Spanish). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Rinden tributo en Caracas a Salvador Allende". Globovisión (in Spanish). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ Fuentes, Carolina (23 September 2016). "Caracas festejó en familia". (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
Categories:
- Venezuelan people of Chilean descent
- Chilean diaspora