Romani people in Argentina
The Roma community in Argentina (Spanish: Gitanos en Argentina) number more than 300,000.[1] The first Roma to arrive in Argentina were Gitanos who came from Spain at different times and spoke only Spanish dialects instead of the Romani language.[2] The Spanish Roma settled mainly in Buenos Aires.[3]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ≈ 300,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Córdoba and Comodoro Rivadavia | |
| Languages | |
| Argentinian Spanish, Romani | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism and Pentecostalism |
References
- "Emerging Romani Voices from Latin America". Errc.org.
- "Development of Roma Civil Rights Movements in Argentina and Latin America - RomArchive". www.romarchive.eu. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- "Los gitanos en la Argentina" (PDF) (in Spanish).
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