Montenegrin Argentines

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Argentine Montenegrins
Argentinski Crnogorci
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Total population
50,000 (2014) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Chaco, Buenos Aires, Tandil, Venado Tuerto
Languages
Montenegrin, Spanish
Religion
Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Muslim
Related ethnic groups
Montenegrins, Montenegrin Bolivians, Montenegrin Brazilians, Montenegrin Chileans

Argentine Montenegrins are people born in Argentina of Montenegrin descent. During the early 1900s, Montenegrins from the Kingdom of Montenegro began emigrating to the country, and nowadays there are approximately 50,000 [1] Montenegrins and descendants living in Argentina. Currently most of them are located in the northern province of Chaco, while the remaining part lives in Buenos Aires, Tandil, Venado Tuerto, and General Madariaga.

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Descendants of ethnic Montenegrins established Colonia La Montenegrina, the largest Montenegrin colony in South America, in which they are part of even today. General Madariaga is a specially important place for Montenegrins in Argentina since many of them have achieved a remarkable wealth there through the business of cattle breeding, and most Montenegrins and their descendants are buried in its cemetery. Additionally, the Montenegrin-Argentine organization, Yugoslav Society Njegoš (Sociedad Yugoslava Njegoš, previously called the Montenegrin Society and Montenegrin-Yugoslav Society for Mutual Aid before World War II) provides mutual aid inside the town.

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