History of the Jews in Uruguay
The history of the Jews in Uruguay (Spanish: judeouruguayos) dates back to the colonial empire. Perhaps the most important influx of Jewish population was during the 20th century, due to World War I and World War II. Uruguay's Jewish community is mainly composed of Ashkenazi. Uruguay is home to the fifth largest Jewish community in Latin America after Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Chile respectively, and the second largest as a proportion of the total population after Argentina.
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| 12,000 (census)-20,000 (estimate) | |
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| Uruguayan Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism |
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