Lithuanians in Uruguay

Memorial in the Republic of Lithuania Square, Montevideo, featuring the traditional Columns of Gediminas.

A Lithuanian Uruguayan is a Uruguayan citizen of full or partial Lithuanian ancestry.

Lithuanians migrated to Uruguay mostly during the 1920s and 1930s; they eventually reached the 10,000-people-mark. They established their own institutions, such as the Uruguay-Lithuania Cultural Association^[1] and several Lithuanian-language newspapers, notably Naujoji Banga.

There is also a small Lithuanian Jewish community in Montevideo.

The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 104 people who declared Lithuania as their country of birth.^[2]

Notable people

• Victorio Cieslinskas, Olympic basketball player (bronze in 1952)
• Vladas Doukšas, footballer
• José Gurvich, painter
• Leonel Pilipauskas, footballer

References

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