Greek Colombians

Greek Colombians

ΕλληνικήΚολομβιανή Greco-colombianos
Total population
200 [1]
Regions with significant populations
Bogota, Barranquilla
Languages
Spanish or Greek
Religion
Greek Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Greek diaspora

Greek Colombians (Spanish: Greco-colombianos) are Colombian citizens of full or partial Greek ancestry or origin, or Greece born people residing in Colombia. The Greek population form one of the smallest Greek communities in Latin America.^[2]

History

The first wave of Greek emigrants arrived during World War I, when they arrived as Greek Jews to escape from occupation of Greece from the Nazis. Then they later came after World War II intermarrying with the people in the country.

Heladeria Americana

it is an ice cream place located in Barranquilla, it was built in 1936 by Nicolas Angelogeanopoulos and Andrés Aristidu and currently the place is owned by the Greeks.

Notable Greek Colombians

• Spiros Stathoulopoulos
• Taliana Vargas

See also

• Greece-Colombia relations
• Greek diaspora

References

External links

• "Greeks in Colombia: Immigrants for Love and Love for Entrepreneurism | News from Greeks in Africa, Asia, and Latin America". world.greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2018-09-24.