An Asian Latin American is a Latin American of Asian descent. Asian Latin Americans have a centuries-long history in the region and currently number several million. Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... A silhouette of Buddha at Ayutthaya, Thailand. ... Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages[1]) is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Asian people[1] is a demonym for people from Asia. ...

History

The first Asian Latin Americans were the descendants of Filipinos who made their way to Latin America (particularly Mexico) in the 16th century, as sailors, crews, slaves, prisoners, adventurers and soldiers during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. For two and a half centuries (between 1565 and 1815) many Filipinos sailed on the Manila-Acapulco Galleons, assisting in the Spanish Empire's monopoly in trade. Some of these sailors never returned to the Philippines, and many of their descendants can be found in small communities around Baja California, Sonora, Guerrero, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Mexico City. This article covers the history of the Philippines from 1521 to 1898. ... The Manila Galleons were Spanish galleons that sailed once or twice per year across the Pacific Ocean between Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in New Spain (now Mexico). ... Capital Toledo (1492-1561) Madrid (since 1561) Language(s) Spanish Religion Roman Catholic Government Monarchy Monarch  - 1516-1556 Charles I  - 1886-1902 Maria Christina of Austria, Regent during the minority of king Alphonse XIII History  - Discovery of the Americas 1492  - Conquest of the Aztec Empire 1519-1521  - Conquest of the... Baja California (literally lower California in Spanish) is the northernmost state of Mexico. ... Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ... Guerrero is a state in the United Mexican States. ... Nickname: Location in the State of Sinaloa. ... Coordinates: , Country Mexico State Jalisco Foundation 1542 Government  - Mayor Alfonso Petersen Farah ( PAN) Area  - City 187. ... Nickname: Motto: Ciudad en movimiento Location of Mexico City in central Mexico Coordinates: , Country Mexico Federal entity Federal District Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ...

Most recent contemporary Asians, however, arrived in the 19th and 20th century as contract workers or coolies, others as economic refugees (especially from China, Japan), political refugees (victims of World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War) and Asian Indians. Coolie labourer circa 1900 in Zhenjiang, China. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Motto Satyameva Jayate (Sanskrit)  (Devanagari) Truth Alone Triumphs[1] Anthem Jana Gana Mana National Song[2] Vande Mataram Capital New Delhi Largest city Mumbai Official languages Union:3 Hindi and English States and others:4 Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya...

Today, the overwhelming majority of Asian Latin Americans are of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean descent, with Vietnamese the most significant group thereafter. While Vietnamese living in Latin America are almost entirely confined to Cuba, other Asian groups are represented all throughout Latin America.

Geographic distribution

Four million Latin Americans (almost 1% of the total population of Latin America) are of Asian descent. The number may be millions higher, as estimates can vary widely in some cases; in Peru Asian Peruvians are estimated at 3% of the population, but one source places the number of citizens with some Chinese ancestry at 4.2 million, which equates to 15% of the country's total population. ^[1]

Most who are of Japanese descent reside in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, while significant populations of those of Chinese ancestry are found in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela. Nicaragua is home to 12,000 Chinese, the majority reside in Managua and on the Caribbean coast. Smaller communities of Chinese, numbering in the hundreds or thousands only are also found in Costa Rica (where they make up about 1% of the total population), Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and various other Latin American countries. There is also a significant Filipino and Taiwanese community in El Salvador.^{[citation needed]} The small Korean communities reside in Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico and Argentina. There are around 50,000 living in Guatemala. There is also a large Laotian community in Argentina. Panama has also small Indian community. Coordinates: Country Nicaragua Department Managua Municipality Managua Founded 1819 Seat of the Government 1852 Capital of the Nation 1857  - Mayor Dionisio Marenco Area    - City 544 km²  - Urban 173. ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Motto ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ ວັດທະນາຖາວອນ Peace, Independence, Democracy, Unity and Prosperity Anthem Pheng Xat Lao Capital (and largest city) Vientiane Official languages Lao Government Socialist Republic  -  President Lt. ...

In Peru, Asians (primarily ethnic Japanese and Chinese) constitute 3% of the population by some estimates, the largest as a percentage of any Latin American country^{[citation needed]}. Japanese Peruvians have a considerable economic position in Peru.^[2] Many past and present Peruvian cabinet members are ethnic Asians and former president Alberto Fujimori is of Japanese ancestry. Alberto Kenya Fujimori (IPA: [al’beɾto ,fudʒi’moɾi, ‘kenja ,fudʒi’moɾi], Spanish: [al’beɾto ,fuxi’moɾi, ‘kenja ,fuxi’moɾi], Japanese: [aɾu’beɾuto ‘Φudʒi’moɾi, ‘kenja ‘Φudʒi’moɾi]) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28, 1938...

Brazil is home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan, numbering about 1.5 million. [2]

Diaspora

Japanese Peruvians who immigrate to Japan are often relegated to low income jobs typically occupied by foreigners. As with other immigrants, they are often vulnerable to the Yakuza.^[3] Yakuza ), also known as gokudō (極道), are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japan. ...

Asian Latinos

Most Asian Latin Americans who have made their way to the United States and Canada live in the largest cities, and can be found living amidst either Asian American, Asian Canadian, or Latino communities in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, and San Diego. They and their descendants are sometimes known as Asian Latinos. An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... An Asian Canadian is a Canadian of Asian ancestry. ... // The term Latino is a linguistic identity that refers to an individual that has significant ancestry from a nation-state where a Latin derived language is spoken or is the offical language of the government. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Motto: By Sea, Land, and Air We Prosper Location of Vancouver within the Greater Vancouver Regional District in British Columbia, Canada Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  British Columbia Region Lower Mainland Regional District Greater Vancouver Incorporated 1886 Government  - Mayor Sam Sullivan (NPA)  - City Council List of Councilors Suzanne Anton (NPA) Peter... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Nickname: Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Founded 1776 Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... Nickname: Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: , Country United States State California County San Diego Founded July 16, 1769 Incorporated March 27, 1850 Government  - Mayor Jerry Sanders  - City Attorney Michael Aguirre  - City Council Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer Toni Atkins Tony Young Brian Maienschein Donna Frye Jim Madaffer...

In the 2000 US Census, 119,829 respondents identified as Asian Latinos.^[4] 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

Composition

Notable persons

• Jorge Cham
• Franklin Chang-Diaz
• Alberto Fujimori
• Ana Gabriel
• Carlos Galvan
• Hiromi Hayakawa
• Kelis
• Myrna Mack
• Chino Moreno
• Barbara Mori
• Arlen Siu

Jorge Cham is an Asian-Panamanian post-doc best known for his popular webcomic Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics). ... Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz, Sc. ... Alberto Kenya Fujimori (IPA: [al’beɾto ,fudʒi’moɾi, ‘kenja ,fudʒi’moɾi], Spanish: [al’beɾto ,fuxi’moɾi, ‘kenja ,fuxi’moɾi], Japanese: [aɾu’beɾuto ‘Φudʒi’moɾi, ‘kenja ‘Φudʒi’moɾi]) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28, 1938... Ana Gabriel (born on December 10, 1955 as María Guadalupe Araújo Yong in Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa) is a Mexican singer and composer. ... Carlos Galvan (born February 5, 1978) is a hip hop artist who is one half of the hip-hop duo Uptown 3000. ... Hiromi Hayakawa (born Marla Hiromi Hayakawa Salas, on October 19, 1982 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Mexican singer. ... Kelis Rogers-Jones (born Kelis Rogers on August 21, 1979[1]), professionally known as Kelis, is an American R&B singer and songwriter. ... Myrna Mack was assassinated on September 11, 1990 in Guatemala, allegedly by military forces educated by the School of the Americas. ... Chino Moreno (born Camilo Wong Moreno June 20, 1973) is an American musician. ... Barbara Mori Barbara Mori (born February 2, 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan-born Mexican actress. ... Arlen Siu, martyr of the Sandinista revolution. ...

See also

Ethnic groups

• Asian Argentines
• Chinese Brazilian
• Chinese Cuban
• Chinese Jamaican
• Chinese Nicaraguan
• Chinese Peruvian
• Chinese Puerto Rican
• Chinese Trinidadian
• Indo-Caribbean
• Japanese Brazilian
• Japanese Peruvian

History A small neighborhood grocery store in Buenos Aires owned by Asian-Argentines Argentinas Asian population is descended from several waves of Asian immigration that have occured in the last century. ... Chinese Brazilians (Portuguese: sino-brasileiro or chinês-brasileiro) are people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to Brazil. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Chinese Jamaicans refer to the small but nonetheless influential group of Jamaicans with Chinese ancestry. ... Chinese Nicaraguans (Simplified Chinese: 尼加拉瓜华人 Pinyin: ní jiā lā guā huá rén Spanish: Chino-Nicaraguense) are Nicaraguans of Chinese ancestry. ... A Chinese Peruvian is a person of Chinese ancestry born in Peru, or who has made Peru his or her adopted homeland. ... A Chinese Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico, but whose ancestors came from China. ... Chinese Trinidadians or Sino-Trinidadian are Trinidadian(s) of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to Trinidad & Tobago. ... An Indo-Caribbean is a person of South Asian origin who lives in the Caribbean, or the descendant of such a person. ... The Kasato Maru A Japanese-Brazilian is an ethnically Japanese person born in Brazil. ... Japanese Peruvians are people of Japanese ancestry who were born in or immigrated to Peru. ...

Miscellanea

• Chinatowns in Latin America
• Koreatown
• Mexicali: city with a large Chinese Mexican community
• Okinawans: migration to Bolivia in the 1960s

Chinatowns in Latin America (Spanish: barrios chinos, singular barrio chino) developed with the rise of Chinese immigration in the 19th century to various countries in Latin America as contract laborers (i. ... Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운) is a term to describe the Korean ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area. ... Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California, Mexico as well as the capital of the municipality of Mexicali. ... Okinawan may refer to: The languages or dialects of Okinawa (see: Ryukyuan languages, Okinawan language) The people of Okinawa (see: Ryukyuans) Of or relating to Okinawa This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

External links

• Asian-Latino Intermarriage in The Americas

References