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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 50,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Frutillar,Valparaíso,Concepcion,Viña del Mar,Santiago, and the highest percentage of Dutch descent lives inPuerto Varas[citation needed] | |
| Languages | |
| Chilean Spanish,English language,Dutch language,German language | |
| Religion | |
| mostlyRoman Catholicism, but alsoReformed Protestantism[citation needed] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dutch people,Dutch Argentines,Dutch Brazilians,Dutch diaspora |
Dutch Chileans (Spanish:Chileno-neerlandeses;Dutch:Nederlandse Chilenen) areChilean people ofDutch descent.
In 1600, the Chilean city ofValdivia was conquered by Dutchpirate Sebastian de Cordes.[2] He left the city after a few months. Four decades later, in 1642, theVOC and theWIC sent a fleet of ships toChile to take control of Valdivia and its Spanish gold mines.[3] The expedition was conducted byHendrik Brouwer, a Dutch general. In 1643 Brouwer conquered theChiloé Archipelago and Valdivia.[4] After Brouwer died on 7 August 1643,vice-general Elias Herckmans took control. (The New Flanders Colony).
The secondemigration from theNetherlands to Chile occurred in 1895. A dozen Dutch families settled in Chile between 1895 and 1897, particularly in Mechaico,Huillinco andChacao. Egbert Hageman arrived in Chile[5] with his family, on 14 April 1896, settling in Rio Gato, nearPuerto Montt. The Wennekool family inaugurated the Dutch colonization ofVillarrica.[6]
In the early twentieth century, a large group of Dutch people arrived in Chile fromSouth Africa. These migrants, after a long stay in African camps, were presented with the opportunity to emigrate to Chile with the help of the Chilean government.[citation needed]
On 4 May 1903, a group of over 200 Dutch sailed on the Pacific Steam Navigation Company steamshipOropesa from La Rochelle (La Pallice) in France. The majority had been born in the Netherlands (35% from North Holland andSouth Holland, 13% fromNorth Brabant, 9% fromZeeland and an equal number ofGelderland). Only a dozen children had been born in South Africa. On June 5, they arrived by train to the city ofPitrufquén.[citation needed]
Another group of Dutchmen arrived shortly after toTalcahuano, in theOravi and theOrissa. The Netherlands colony in Donguil was christened "New Transvaal Colony". More than 500 Dutch families moved there. The last group ofBoers arrived between 7 February 1907 and February 18, 1909.[citation needed]
Some 50,000 descendants remain, mostly located inMalleco,Gorbea,Pitrufquén,Faja Maisan and aroundTemuco.[7]
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See also:Flemish people andFrisians | |
