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{{About|people originating from [[India]]|native ethnic groups of Chile, also sometimes called "Indians"|Indigenous peoples in Chile}}<br />
{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Indians in Chile<br />
| population = 1,500 <ref name=gov.in>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428181432/http://mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=50047444|url=http://mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=50047444|title=India-Chile Relations|archive-date=2012-04-28|publisher=[[Ministry of External Affairs (India)]]|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref><br />
| popplace = [[Punta Arenas]]{{·}}[[Santiago]]{{·}}[[Iquique]]<br />
| langs = [[Chilean Spanish]]{{·}}[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]{{·}}[[Hindi]]{{·}}[[Urdu]]{{·}}[[English language|English]]{{·}}[[Languages of India]]<br />
| rels = [[Hinduism]]{{·}}[[Islam]]{{·}}[[Christianity]]{{·}}[[Sikhism]]{{·}}[[Religions of India]]<br />
| related-c = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Person of Indian Origin]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Indians in Chile''' form one of the smaller populations of the Indian diaspora. The large majority of them of [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] descent. A few Indians went to Chile in the 1920s. Later more Indians migrated there in the 1980s - not only from [[India]]{{cn|date=February 2021}}, but also from [[Hong Kong]], [[Spain]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Indonesia]], [[Nigeria]], [[Panama]], the [[Philippines]] and [[Singapore]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Some migrants from [[British Raj|British India]] (including [[Pakistan]]) arrived to work in mining, railroads and agriculture in the early 20th century, usually under [[United Kingdom|British]]-owned corporations. However most Indians in Chile are new arrivals in the 1980s and the 1990s for economic reasons.<br />
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The first immigrants from India (mostly of Sindhi descent) arrived to Magallanes (present-day [[Punta Arenas]]) in 1904 and worked as traders. Their descendants moved to different parts of the country, though mostly to [[Santiago]]. Descendants of Sindhi migrants to Chile also live on the northern coast (i.e. [[Arica]], [[Iquique]] and [[Antofagasta]]). A second large wave of Indian immigration occurred in the 1980s. These are the people who set up the '''Indian Association of Santiago'''.<br />
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As of 2012, there are about 1500 people of Indian origin living in the country, mostly in Iquique, Santiago and Punta Arenas.<ref name=gov.in/> About 40 per cent of them have obtained Chilean nationality.<ref name=gov.in/><br />
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==Business and employment==<br />
There are various commercial opportunities in Chile for Indian immigrants and multinational firms have begun to arrive and along with them Indian engineers.<br />
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==Notable individuals==<br />
* [[Jennifer Mayani]] - model and actress<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Asian Latin Americans]]<br />
* [[Hinduism in South America#Hinduism in Chile|Hinduism in Chile]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Ethnic groups in Chile}}<br />
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[[Category:Asian Chilean]]<br />
[[Category:Chilean people of Indian descent| ]]<br />
[[Category:Indian diaspora by country|Chile]]<br />
[[Category:Indian diaspora in South America|Chile]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Latin American]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Chile]]<br />
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