Slovene Argentines
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Slovene Argentines
| native_name = {{native name|es|Esloveno Argentino}}
{{native name|sl|Argentinski Slovenci}}
| flag = {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Slovenia}}
| image = Dia_del_inmigrante_031_(6238127780).jpg
| image_caption = Slovenian community in Buenos Aires on Immigrant Day 2011
| pop = + 130,000 (by ancestry){{cite web |url=http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/derechoshumanos/observatorio/colectividad-eslovena |title=Eslovena | Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires |access-date=2016-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819140648/http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/derechoshumanos/observatorio/colectividad-eslovena |archive-date=2016-08-19 }}{{cite web |url=https://zgs.zrc-sazu.si/Portals/8/Slo_Geo_Over/16.pdf |title=Ethnic Structure of Slovenia and Slovenes in Neighbouring Countries|first=Jernej |last=Zupančič |publisher=Association of Slovenian Geographers |access-date=4 March 2024}}
| popplace = Buenos Aires, San Carlos de Bariloche, Mendoza, Paraná, Córdoba
| languages = Slovene, Spanish
| religions = Catholic with a Lutheran minority
| related = Slovenes
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}}
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Argentines of Slovene descent, also Slovene Argentines ({{langx|sl|Argentinski Slovenci}}) are Argentines who have predominantly or total Slovene ancestry. According to Jernej Zupančič of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, they number around 130,000.
Notable people
- Andrés Kogovsek, handball player
- Cristian Poglajen, volleyball player{{cite news |title=Bronce argentino: el uno por uno de los héroes |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807074015/https://www.ole.com.ar/juegos-olimpicos/argentina-voley-juegos_0_LEgMuy9QB.html |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Ole |date=7 August 2021}}
- Alojz Geržinič, composer{{cite web |title=Geržinič, Alojzij (1915–2008) - Slovenska biografija |url=https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi1009940/ |website=www.slovenska-biografija.si |access-date=16 December 2024}}
- Andrej Bajuk, banker and politician{{cite news |title=Andrej Bajuk: el mendocino que escapó del comunismo y llegó a ser primer ministro de Eslovenia |url=https://www.elsol.com.ar/mendoza/andrej-bajuk-el-mendocino-que-escapo-del-comunismo-y-llego-a-ser-primer-ministro-de-eslovenia/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=Diario El Sol Mendoza |date=18 October 2024 |language=es-AR}}
- Anton Novačan, author, politician and diplomat{{cite web |last1=Grdina |first1=Igor |title=Novačan, Anton |url=https://enciklopedija-osamosvojitve.si/clanek/novacan-anton-9-junij-1887-zadobrova-pri-celju-22-marec-1951-posadas-argentina/ |website=enciklopedija-osamosvojitve.si |access-date=16 December 2024 |language=sl}}
- Bernarda Fink, opera singer{{cite news |title=Bernarda Fink: Opera's most elegant voice |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3670697/Bernarda-Fink-Operas-most-elegant-voice.html |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=24 January 2008 |language=en}}
- Emilio Komar, philosopher{{cite news |title=Emilio Komar |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/emilio-komar-nid774474/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |work=LA NACION |date=23 January 2006 |language=es}}
- Franc Rode, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ivan Ahčin, journalist, sociologist and politician{{cite journal |title=Ob grobu prof. dr. Ivana Ahčina |journal=Omnes Unum |date=1960 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=65-69 |url=https://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-41RDD456 |access-date=16 December 2024}}
- Juan Vasle, singer and journalist
- Lucas Mario Horvat, football player
- Marcos Fink, singer
- Pedro Opeka, missionary
- Tine Debeljak, literary historian and essayist
- Viktor Sulčič, architect
- Luciano Pocrnjic, football player
- Andrés Vombergar, football player
- Vicente Bokalic Iglic, cardinal
==See also==
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080412063809/http://www.slo.org.ar/ Zedinjena Slovenija - Association of Slovene Organizations in Argentina]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090717103319/http://www.sdo-sfz.com.ar/ SDO-SFZ - Slovene Youth Organization in Argentina]
{{Slovenian diaspora}}
{{Immigration to Argentina}}
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