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of full or partial
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ancestry. The
Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...
arrived in
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around the time of the Spanish colonial period. Many of them were sailors, conquistadors, clergy, and members of the military. Later Portuguese arrivals included
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s in conflict with Spanish leadership;
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, which eventually turned into a regional center of smuggling, is a notable example of those ages Another source of Portuguese immigration into Uruguay were Brazilians of Portuguese descent, who crossed the border into the country ever since it became independent. During the second half of the 19th century and part of the 20th, several additional Portuguese immigrants arrived; the last wave was during 1930–1965. The most recent figure is from the 2011 Uruguayan census, which revealed 367 people who declared Portugal as their country of birth while is estimated that there are at least some 2,985 Portuguese citizens residing in Uruguay as of 2020.


Notable people

;past * Enrique Almada (1934-1990), comedian and actor *
Enrique Amorim Enrique Amorim (July 25, 1900 – July 28, 1960) was an Uruguayan novelist and writer, best known for his story ''Las quitanderas'' whose plot centers on rural prostitution; also known for his left-wing politics. Biography Enrique Amorim was b ...
(1900–1960), writer * Fernando O. Assunção (1931–2006), ethnologist and folklorist *
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(1919–1988), politician * Manuel Flores Mora (1923–1984), politician and journalist * Eudoro Melo (1889–1975), poet * Alceu Ribeiro (1919-2013), painter * Aparicio Saravia (1856–1904), political leader * Villanueva Saravia (1964–1998), mayor of Cerro Largo * Olhinto María Simoes (1901–1966), poet and journalist * Amílcar Vasconcellos (1915–1999), lawyer and politician * Carlos Vaz Ferreira (1872–1958), philosopher * María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924), poet ;present * José Amorín (born 1954 in Montevideo), politician * Adrián Caetano (born 1969 in Montevideo), film director * Maika Ceres (born 1986 in Montevideo), soprano * Mónica Farro (born 1976 in Montevideo), vedette * Beatriz Flores Silva (born 1956 in Montevideo), film director *Manuel Flores Silva (born 1950 in Montevideo), politician and journalist * José Luis Pintos Saldanha (born 1964 in Artigas), footballer * Sebastián Abreu (born 1976 in Minas), footballer * Mario Regueiro (born 1978 in Montevideo), footballer * Diana Saravia Olmos, notary and politician * Fernando Vilar (born 1954 in Portugal), newsanchor and journalist * Lucas Torreira (born 1996 in Fray Bentos), footballer


See also

* Portugal–Uruguay relations *
Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental The Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental was the armed-conflict that took place between 1816 and 1820 in the Banda Oriental, for control of what today comprises the whole of the Republic of Uruguay, the northern part of the Argentine Meso ...
* Brazilian immigration to Uruguay


References

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