British Chileans

British-Chilean
Chileno-Británico
Anglochileno
Total population
At least 420,000-700,000* (About 4% of Chilean population)
Regions with significant populations
Antofagasta, Valparaíso, Concepcion, Viña del Mar, Santiago, Punta Arenas
Languages
Spanish. Minority speaks English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and/or Lowland Scots as a first language.
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism (Anglicanism, Methodism, Presbyterianism et al.)
Related ethnic groups
British people, English people, Scottish people, Irish people, Ulster-Scots people, Welsh people

British Chileans are living in Chile but have some or all of their family from the United Kingdom. There are Chileans who are from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. In Patagonia, the Aysén and Magallanes areas have more Scottish and Welsh people than the rest of the country. Punta Arenas has the most British Chileans, then Santiago, Valparaso, Concepción, Via del Mar, and Antofagasta.[1][2]

  1. Edmundson, William (2009). A History of the British Presence in Chile: From Bloody Mary to Charles Darwin and the Decline of British Influence. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 103-129. ISBN 9780230114838.
  2. Inmigrantes británicos.[permanent dead link]

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