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Lebanese Ecuadorians are Ecuadorians who are descended from migrants from Lebanon. There are approximately 100,000 [3] Lebanese people and their descendants living in Ecuador.
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Lebanese Ecuadorians are Ecuadorians who are descended from migrants from Lebanon. There are approximately 100,000 [3] Lebanese people and their descendants living in Ecuador.
Migration from Lebanon to Ecuador started as early as 1875. [4] Early impoverished migrants tended to work as independent sidewalk vendors, rather than as wage workers in agriculture or others' businesses. [5] Though they emigrated to escape Ottoman Turkish oppression, they were called "Turks" by Ecuadorians because they carried Ottoman passports. [4] There were further waves of immigration in the first half of the 20th century; by 1930, there were 577 Lebanese immigrants and 489 of their descendants residing in the country, primarily at Quito and Guayaquil. [6]
The number of Lebanese descendants in Ecuador is not too clear. A 1982 estimate from Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated 20,000, while another private estimate from 1986 put it as high as 97,500. [7] They reside mostly in Quito and Guayaquil. They are predominantly of the Catholic faith.
People of Lebanese background are very well represented in business and politics of the country. Some of them have reached the presidency and vice-presidency of Ecuador. Their prominence in politics provoked some backlash, with one politician warning of the "Bedouinization" of Ecuador. [8]
Según estimaciones de Hadatty, en el país deben residir alrededor de 170 mil libaneses, de los cuales, unos 40 mil estarían en Guayas.
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