Slovene Argentines
Ethnic group
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Argentines of Slovene descent, also Slovene Argentines (Slovene: Argentinski Slovenci) are Argentines who have predominantly or total Slovene ancestry. According to Jernej Zupančič of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, they number around 30,000.[1][2]
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Slovenian community in Buenos Aires on Immigrant Day 2011 | |
| Total population | |
| 30,000 (by ancestry)[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Buenos Aires, San Carlos de Bariloche, Mendoza, Paraná, Córdoba | |
| Languages | |
| Slovene, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Catholic with a Lutheran minority | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Slovenes |
Notable people
- Andrés Kogovsek, handball player
- Cristian Poglajen, volleyball player[3]
- Alojz Geržinič, composer[4]
- Andrej Bajuk, banker and politician[5]
- Anton Novačan, author, politician and diplomat[6]
- Bernarda Fink, opera singer[7]
- Emilio Komar, philosopher[8]
- Franc Rode, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ivan Ahčin, journalist, sociologist and politician[9]
- Juan Vasle, singer and journalist
- Lucas Mario Horvat, football player
- Marcos Fink, singer
- Pedro Opeka, missionary
- Tine Debeljak, literary historian and essayist
- Viktor Sulčič, architect
- Luciano Pocrnjic, football player
- Andrés Vombergar, football player
- Vicente Bokalic Iglic, cardinal