Palestinians in Chile

Palestinians in Chile
Total population
430 - 500 thousand (about 2.5% of the population of 18 million)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Santiago, La Calera
Languages
Spanish, Arabic
Religion
Majority Christianity (Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism)
Minority Islam
Related ethnic groups
Arab Chileans

Palestinians in Chile (Arabic: فلسطينيو تشيلي) are believed to be the largest Palestinian community outside of the Arab world.[2] There are around 6 million Palestinians living in diaspora, mainly in the Middle East. Estimates of the number of Palestinian descendants in Chile range from 450,000 to 500,000.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "CHILE TRAVEL GUIDE". CHILE TRAVEL GUIDE. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Los palestinos miran con esperanza su futuro en Chile sin olvidar Gaza e Irak", El Economista, 11 February 2009, archived from the original on 20 July 2011, retrieved 29 July 2009
  3. ^ 500.000 mil descendientes de palestinos en Chile. Archived 2009-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Arabes en Chile". www.blog-v.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Palestinians". Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.