Montenegrins form an Argentine

Argentina

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 ethnic minority. During the early 1900s, Montenegrins from the Kingdom of Montenegro

Kingdom of Montenegro

The Kingdom of Montenegro was a monarchy in southeastern Europe during the tumultuous years on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World War I. Legally it was a constitutional monarchy, but absolutist in practice...

 began emigrating to the country, and nowadays there are approximately 50,000 Montenegrins and descendants living in Argentina. Besides Poles (450,000) and Croatians (440,000) they are one of the most populous Slavic communities in Argentina. Currently most of them are located in the northern province of Chaco

Chaco Province

Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...

, while the remaining part lives in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Tandil

Tandil

-Place name:The name of the city comes from the Mapuche words tan , and lil . It is probably a reference to the Piedra Movediza , a large boulder which stood seemingly miraculously balanced on the edge of a rocky foothill. The Moving Stone toppled on February 29, 1912, and split into two pieces at...

, Venado Tuerto

Venado Tuerto

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, and General Madariaga, a town of around 5,000 inhabitants.

Descendants of ethnic Montenegrins established Colonia La Montenegrina, the largest Montenegrin colony in South America, in which they are part of even today. General Madariaga is a specially important place for Montegrins in Argentina since many of them have achieved a remarkable wealth there through the business of cattle breeding, and most Montenegrins and their descendants are buried in its cemetery. Additionally, the Montenegrin-Argentine organization, Yugoslav Society Njegoš (Sociedad Yugoslava Njegoš, previously called the Montenegrin Society and Montenegrin-Yugoslav Society for Mutual Aid before World War II) provides mutual aid inside the town.

Notable individuals

• Marko Kapitanić (Marcos Capitanich), one of first Montenegrin settlers in Argentina
• Petar Milović, one of first Montenegrin settlers in Argentina
• Petar Kapitanić, one of first Montenegrin settlers in Argentina
• Lazar Kosanovic, one of first Montenegrin settlers in Argentina
• Danijel Svorčan, one of first Montenegrin settlers in Argentina
• Mitar Milović, one of first Montenegrin settlers in Argentina
• Mitar Mićunović, one of first Montenegrin settlers in Argentina
• Jorge Capitanich
  Jorge Capitanich
  Jorge Milton Capitanich is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician from Chaco Province, currently the governor of that province...
  
  , Politician, former senator and current governor of the Chaco Province
• Adrian Mirkovich, Mayor of General Madariaga
• Juan Daniel Knesevich, Mayor of General Madariaga
• Marta Lilana Iovanovich (Jovanović), Pedagogue, Professor and writer
• Eduardo Vuletich

External links

• Association of ethnic Montenegrins in Argentina "Zeta"