A monument of the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi in the capital city of Montevideo. He is considered by many as an important contributor towards the independence of Uruguay.
Total population
c. 90,000 (by birth)[1]
c. 1,500,000 (by ancestry, about 44% of the total Uruguayan population)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Throughout Uruguay, principally found within Montevideo. Numbers are also found in the southern and western departments.
Languages
Uruguayan Spanish · Rioplatense Spanish · Italian and Italian dialects
Religion
Christianity (mostly Roman Catholicism with minor denominations being practiced including Protestantism and Evangelicalism)
Judaism is also relevant within the community.
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Italian Americans, Italian Argentines, Italian Bolivians, Italian Brazilians, Italian Canadians, Italian Chileans, Italian Colombians, Italian Costa Ricans, Italian Cubans, Italian Dominicans, Italian Ecuadorians, Italian Guatemalans, Italian Haitians, Italian Hondurans, Italian Mexicans, Italian Panamanians, Italian Paraguayans, Italian Peruvians, Italian Puerto Ricans, Italian Salvadorans, Italian Venezuelans
Italian Uruguayans (Italian: italo-uruguaiani; Spanish: ítalo-uruguayos) are Uruguayan-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Uruguay during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Uruguay. Outside of Italy, Uruguay has one of the highest percentages of Italians in the world. It is estimated that about 44% of the total population of Uruguay are of Italian descent, corresponding to about 1,500,000 people,[2] while there were around 90,000 Italian citizens in Uruguay.[1]
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