 Italian Paraguayans in front of the National Pantheon of the Heroes, which was designed by Italian Paraguayan architect Alejandro Ravizza, in Asunción | |
| Total population | |
| c. 13,000 (by birth)[1] c. 2,500,000 (by ancestry, 37%-40% of the total Paraguayan population)[2][3][4] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Asunción | |
| Languages | |
| Paraguayan Spanish · Italian and Italian dialects · Guarani | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mostly Roman Catholic) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italian Americans, Italian Argentines, Italian Bolivians, Italian Brazilians, Italian Canadians, Italian Chileans, Italian Colombians, Italian Costa Ricans, Italian Cubans, Italian Dominicans, Italian Ecuadorians, Italian Guatemalans, Italian Haitians, Italian Hondurans, Italian Mexicans, Italian Panamanians, Italian Peruvians, Italian Puerto Ricans, Italian Salvadorans, Italian Uruguayans, Italian Venezuelans |
Italian Paraguayans (Italian: italo-paraguaiani; Spanish: ítalo-paraguayos; Guarani: itália-paraguaiguakuéra) are one of the most prominent ethnic group in Paraguay, consisting of Paraguayan-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Paraguay during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Paraguay. Italian immigration to Paraguay has been one of the largest migration flows this South American country has received.[5]
Italians in Paraguay are the second-largest immigrant group in the country after the Spaniards. The Italian embassy calculates that nearly 40% of the Paraguayans have recent and distant Italian roots: about 2,500,000 Paraguayans are descendants of Italian emigrants to Paraguay.[2][3][4] Over the years, many descendants of Italian immigrants came to occupy important positions in the public life of the country, such as the presidency of the republic, the vice-presidency, local administrations and congress.[6]
- ^ "Paraguayos e italianos ya podrán optar respectivamente por la doble nacionalidad" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Los italianos y su aporte a la nación - Articulos - ABC Color".
- ^ a b "Ya se puede sacar la nacionalidad italiana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Destacan influencia de migración italiana en la sociedad paraguaya" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ (in Spanish) Italianos vinculados con el proceso de desarrollo en Paraguay Archived 12 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Verón, L., (2009). Enciclopedia Paraguaya. Asunción: Editorial Mercurio. p. 504.