Hungarian Uruguayan

Overview

Hungarian Uruguayans are a local ethnic minority; their presence is small but meaningful, numbering around 2,000-3,000 of which ca. 150 were born in Hungary.

In 1925 was established a Society of Hungarian-Language Workers in Uruguay They even had some influence within the Communist Party of Uruguay.

In 1936, Hungarian migrants established the Hungarian Home of Uruguay (Hungarian: Uruguayi Magyar Otthon), an ethnic association.

There is also a small Jewish-Hungarian community, they established their own association in the 1920s.

There is an immigrant branch of the Batthyány noble family.

Notable Hungarians in Uruguay