Czechs in Argentina

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Czech Argentines
Checo-argentinos (Spanish)
Čeští Argentinci (Czech)
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Total population
125,000 (2024) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Buenos Aires  · Santa Fe  · Chaco  · Misiones
Languages
Spanish  · Czech
Religion
Christianity  · Judaism  · Others
Related ethnic groups
Czechs  ·Other Argentines

As of 2025, there are around 125,000 people of Czech and Slovak descent living in Argentina. [1] Argentina has the largest Czech community in Latin America. [1] Czech immigration to Argentina began duringe World War I; there were four successive waves. Czechs settled mainly in Buenos Aires, Gran La Plata, Rosario and Chaco.

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Immigration waves

House of the Czech community in Obera, Misiones province. Casa Checa en Obera.jpg
House of the Czech community in Oberá, Misiones province.

There were four successive waves of Czech immigration to Argentina recognized as substantial:

During the first two periods, migrants were mainly workers and farmers motivated by economic reasons.

During the third period, Czech political exiles arrived, fleeing mainly due to the Nazi encroachment in Central Europe.

The final group included various social classes; they migrated for economic reasons and due to personal interests.

The largest community of Czech descendants in Argentina is found in the city of Saénz Peña, in the province of Chaco. According to research, its origins date back to 1913, with the arrival of immigrants Juan Novotny and Pedro Šašvata to the city. [2] [3] Over the decades, the Czech community founded a cooperative, two sports clubs and other associations in which one can still learn Czech and typical dances. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Čeští krajané v Argentině - historie a současnost" (in Czech). Embassy of the Czech Republic, Buenos Aires. 11 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2024-06-24. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Bergallo, Elizabeth (2012). "Checoslovacos en Presidencia Roque Saénz Peña".
  3. ↑ "Se cumple un siglo de los primeros colonos checos en el Chaco argentino". Radio Prague International (in Spanish). 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  4. ↑ "Checos y eslovacos, descendientes que preservan la cultura del Viejo Mundo"[ link removed ]Diario Norte, 25/10/2010
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