Chilean Venezuelans

Chilean Venezuelans are Venezuelans of Chilean descent or Chileans who have obtained Venezuelan citizenship. This migratory flow was one of the main destinations for exiles from the Pinochet dictatorship,[2] at which time approximately 80,000 people came to Venezuela,[3] in addition to professional migrants motivated by the oil boom occurred between 1950 and 1980.[2]

Chilean Venezuelans
Chileno-venezolano
Total population
12,037[1] (2011)
Regions with significant populations
Miranda State2,744
Bolívar State1,947
Capital District1,334
Carabobo State1,297
Languages
Chilean Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Venezuelans in Chile

In 2011, the Miranda State was the state with the highest concentration of Chileans (2,744 in total), followed by the Bolívar State (1,947 in total) and the Capital District (1,334 in total).[1] Several activities are carried out within the Chilean communities of Venezuela, such as the 1973 coup d'état commemoration[4] and the celebration of native land holidays.[5]

Notable people

Chilean immigrants in Venezuela

Venezuelans descendants of Chileans

See also

References
  1. "Segundo Registro de Chilenos en el Exterior. ¿Cuántos son, dónde están y cómo son los chilenos?" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección para la Comunidad de Chilenos en el Exterior, National Statistics Institute of Chile. pp. 150–159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  2. Schiavon, Jorge A.; Durand, Jorge (2014). Perspectivas migratorias: Un análisis interdisciplinario de la migración internacional (in Spanish). Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas. p. 22. ISBN 978-607-7843-07-8.
  3. "Venezuela es el tercer país con más inmigrantes en Latinoamérica". Informe21 (in Spanish). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. "Rinden tributo en Caracas a Salvador Allende". Globovisión (in Spanish). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  5. Fuentes, Carolina (23 September 2016). "Caracas festejó en familia". Dirección para la Comunidad de Chilenos en el Exterior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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