Welsh settlement in Patagonia

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The Welsh settlement in Patagonia is a historic community in southern Argentina founded by Welsh immigrants in the 19th century, known for preserving Welsh language and culture far from Europe.

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Welsh settlement in Patagonia canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Welsh diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic enclave ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
culturalFeature Eisteddfod festivals ⓘ
Welsh chapels ⓘ
Welsh choirs ⓘ
Welsh tea houses ⓘ
Welsh-language schools ⓘ
demographicFeature concentration of Welsh-Argentines ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
sheep farming ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
firstLandingSite Punta Cuevas ⓘ
firstSettlersArrivedAt Golfo Nuevo ⓘ
firstShip Mimosa ⓘ
foundedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
foundedInYear 1865 ⓘ
foundingPopulation Nonconformist Welsh Protestants ⓘ
Welsh immigrants ⓘ
hasCoreArea Chubut Valley ⓘ
Esquel area ⓘ
Gaiman ⓘ
Lower Chubut River valley ⓘ
Rawson ⓘ
Trelew ⓘ
Trevelin ⓘ
hasDialect Patagonian Welsh ⓘ
linked to: Welsh
heritageStatus important Welsh cultural heritage site ⓘ
initialColonyName Y Wladfa ⓘ
knownFor bilingual Welsh-Spanish community ⓘ
preservation of Welsh culture ⓘ
preservation of Welsh language ⓘ
linkedTo Argentine national history ⓘ
Welsh diaspora ⓘ
Welsh nationalism ⓘ
locatedIn Patagonia ⓘ
locatedInCountry Argentina ⓘ
locatedInRegion Chubut Province ⓘ
Río Negro Province ⓘ
migrationOrigin Wales ⓘ
migrationOriginCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
nativeName Y Wladfa Gymreig ⓘ
linked to: Y Wladfa
primaryLanguages Spanish ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
religiousTradition Baptist churches ⓘ
Calvinistic Methodism ⓘ
linked to: Calvinist Methodism

Protestantism ⓘ
supportedBy Argentine government (19th century land grants) ⓘ

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Gaiman → partOf → Welsh settlement in Patagonia ⓘ