Welsh town in Argentina

[MilHojas]

Exploring a Welsh town in Argentina ( Daily Mail Online )

In 1861, a group of men met to discuss the possibility of founding a new Welsh 'promised land'. There had been previous attempts to land in America but the areas were too well populated and the pressure to adopt English was too great.

The group of Welshmen - headed up by staunch nationalist Michael Jones - decided Patagonia in Argentina might have everything the colonists would need and a relocation plan was hatched.

 

[Wryter47]

And . . .

 

[glasgowjohn]

Close to Chubut I think.
There are a number of Welsh Methodist churches in the area.
As well as some very nice Welsh tea rooms
The province also has the only printed publication published in Welsh outside of Wales.
The middle classes there still learn Welsh to show they have "arrived" in society.
Princess Diana visited at least once before she died.

 

[Ries]

There are a lot of similar stories- in addition to the few thousand Welsh who came, and founded towns in Chubut, there were a lot of Polish who moved to Missiones, and Volga Germans in the Pampas and Entre Rios, Jewish Gauchos in Entre Rios, Lebanese and Syrians, Croatians, Scandinavians, and many more.

http://www.argentinaindependent.com...e-style/polish-argentines-a-hidden-community/
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/132922/argentina-last-jewish-cowboys