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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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