Palestinian Uruguayans ( ar, فلسطينيو أوروغواي) are Uruguayan citizens of

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

descent or Palestine-born people residing in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. There are approximately 5000 Uruguayans with Palestinian ancestry, mostly living on the Brazilian border. Most of them in

Chuy Chuy () is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by th ...

, where they run their own mosque and association, others in

Rivera Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a street away from it, at the north end of Route 5. Together, they form an urban area of aro ...

. The majority of Palestinian Uruguayans are Muslim, with a tiny Christian minority.

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{{Palestinian diaspora State of Palestine–Uruguay relations

Arab Uruguayan Ethnic groups in Uruguay Immigration to Uruguay

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