Barrio Chino (Buenos Aires)

Barrio Chino
Unofficial Neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 34°33′28″S 58°27′00″W / 34.55778°S 58.45000°W / -34.55778; -58.45000
Country Argentina
Autonomous City Buenos Aires
BarrioBelgrano
Barrio Chino
Traditional Chinese布宜諾斯艾利斯唐人街
Simplified Chinese布宜诺斯艾利斯唐人街
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBù yí nuò sī ài lì sī tángrénjiē
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingbou3 ji4 nok6 si1 ngaai6 lei6 si1 tong4 jan4 gaai1

Buenos Aires' Chinatown, locally known as Barrio Chino, is a largely commercial section about five blocks long in the barrio of Belgrano, Buenos Aires. The Asian community living in Belgrano is less than 0.5% of the ward's total. Despite the designation of this Belgrano enclave as a Chinese ethnic enclave, the area is populated by different Asian communities, with a predominance of Taiwanese people[1] and, to a lesser extent, Thais.

  1. ^ "Guía para conocer lo mejor del Chinatown porteño". Ohlalá! Magazine. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2013.