White Argentines
Argentinos blancos (Spanish) | |
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| Total population | |
| 37,109,200 (estimated) 79.4% of the Argentine population. (Europeans, Arabs, Armenians, Turks and Boers) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
All areas of Argentina
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| Languages | |
| Majority: Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
White Argentines (Spanish: Argentinos blancos) are Argentines of total or predominantly European and West Asian ancestry. Individuals within this group tend to have light or olive skin tones and various hair colors, mostly brown or black and rarely blonde or red due to their primarily Spanish and Italian origins. The vast majority of White Argentines have ancestry from immigrants who arrived in the early 20th century and later years although some have ancestry from the first Spanish colonizers, but many may have ancestry Italian,French, Syrian, Lebanese, German, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian and Irish.
Currently, the Argentine government does not conduct an ethnic census survey that would allow counting "white" people in the country. However, various studies have indicated that White Argentines have been the majority group in the country since at least 1778.