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| El Sur del Sur The Southernmost South |
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| The Way We Are | |
| THE IMMIGRANTS' ARRIVAL | |
 Inmigrants in the port. |
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the19th century, Argentina was a vast territory with a low demographic
density. The need to attract European immigration was a permanent desire.
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| While Europe was industrialized, Argentina was a farming and cattle raising country which provided the old continent with farming products and breeding animals. In turn, it received Europe’s children in search of new horizons in a new world. |
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Inmigrant mothers. |
Immigration in the 19th centuryIn
the 50's the first immigrant arrived in Argentina coming from Switzerland.
This was the beginning of a process culminating in the 20th century.
In the meantime, 4.5 million Europeans arrived at the Argentine territory.
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