Dominican Argentines ( es, Domínico-argentinos) are
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
citizens of partial or full
Dominican descent, or Dominican citizens who have migrated to and settled in Argentina. Although sources vary, as of 2013 were are an estimate 40,000 Dominican-Argentines, according to community organization Asociación de Dominicanos Residentes en Argentina.
Characteristics
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
concentrates 30 percent of the Dominican emigrants. The rest are spread across the remaining national territory.
According to the
UN's
International Organization for Migration, young women from the
Dominican Republic began arriving to Argentina in unprecedented numbers in the 1990s as prostitutes, many of them ending up in Buenos Aires.
The globalization of sex
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See also
* Immigration to Argentina
* Colombian Argentines
* Bolivian Argentines
Bolivian Argentines (Quechua: ''Buliwyanu Arhintinapi'', es, link=no, boliviano-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of Bolivian descent or Bolivia-born people who immigrated to Argentina. In recent decades, Bolivia has become one of the main sou ...
* Venezuelan Argentines
Venezuelan Argentines ( es, link=no, venezolano-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of partial or full Venezuelan descent, or Venezuelan citizens who have migrated to and settled in Argentina. As of 2021, there are 179,203 Venezuelans living in Arg ...
References
{{Dominican Republic diaspora
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