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Chileans in the United Kingdom (Spanish: Chilenos en Reino Unido) are people of Chilean origin living in the United Kingdom.




History


When approximately 2,500 Chilean exiles (including businessmen, professors, and students) arrived in Great Britain escaping the military coup d'etat of September 11, 1973, they were met by a small community of Latin Americans who were already there. During Pinochet's dictatorship thousands of people were assassinated and many others were exiled or escaped to other countries, including the United Kingdom. The Chilean community has settled well in the country, and the majority are of European ancestry. The size of the Chilean British population is hard to estimate as many have gone back to Chile, or move fluidly between several places.




Population


At the time of the 2001 UK Census, 5,131 Chilean-born people were living in the UK. The 2011 census recorded 6,456 Chilean-born residents in England, 120 in Wales, 495 in Scotland and 68 in Northern Ireland.




Notable individuals


Mario Aguilar, academic
Santiago Cabrera, actor, played Isaac Mendez in the series Heroes and recently Cristóbal "Chris" Ríos in Star Trek: Picard
Marcela Contreras DBE, Scientist
Joan Jara, activist
Olga Lehmann, 20th-century painter
Manuel Pellegrini, football manager
George Robledo Oliver, footballer
Ted Robledo Oliver, footballer
Otto Schade, artist and architect




See also


Chile–United Kingdom relations
British Chileans
Chileans in the Falkland Islands




References

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• Bahasa Spanyol
• Sosialisme demokratis
• Chileans in the United Kingdom
• Chile–United Kingdom relations
• British Chileans
• List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Chile
• Chilean Americans
• Territorial claims in Antarctica
• Foreign-born population of the United Kingdom
• Liberalism in the United Kingdom
• Islam in the United Kingdom
• Abortion in the United Kingdom