Total population | |
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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]