Pakistanis in Uruguay

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Pakistani Uruguayans
Total population
70 (2019)
Regions with significant populations
Montevideo70 (2019)
Languages
Pakistani English  · Urdu  · others
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Overseas Pakistani

Pakistani Uruguayans are people born in Pakistan who live in Uruguay, or Uruguayan-born people of Pakistani descent.

There are at least 70 Pakistani physicians living and working in Uruguay, who were originally living in Cuba and later emigrated to the Southern Cone. [1]

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References

  1. "Seventy Pakistani physicians living in Uruguay". Búsqueda. 4 May 2017.