Senegalese Argentines
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.jpg) Representatives of Senegal during Day of the immigrants 2010 in Buenos Aires | |
| Total population | |
| 1,120 (by birth, 2022)
[1] 2,500 (by ancestry, 2015)[2] 0.008% of the Argentine population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Minorities in Comuna 1 and Comuna 3 | |
| Languages | |
| Majority: Wolof · French Minority: Spanish · Others | |
| Religion | |
| Sunnism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Senegalese people Senegalese Americans · Senegalese French · Senegalese Italians |
Senegalese Argentines (Spanish: Senegalés-argentinos) are Argentines of predominantly or total Senegalese descent or Senegalese-born people who reside in Argentina. This migratory phenomenon has gained certain strength and importance during the last decade of the 20th century and the first decades of the 21st century, making it a relatively new migratory current in the country.
Demographics
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According to the 2022 census, there were 1,120 Senegalese in Argentina, making them the largest African community, almost all of them men. In 2015 it is estimated that there are about 2,500 descendants, the vast majority of these live as a minority between Comuna 1 and Comuna 3, being in these places around 2% of the population.[1]
The vast majority work as street hawkers illegally in the neighborhoods of Balvanera and Flores, there are also some who go to the coastal cities to sell mainly in the summer season, mainly in San Bernardo del Tuyú and its surroundings.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Censo 2022" [Census 2022]. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, República Argentina. INDEC. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ Ámbito Financiero (13 August 2015). "Boom de senegaleses en la Argentina". Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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