 Italian immigrants in San Salvador at the beginning of the 20th century. | |
| Total population | |
| c. 2,300 (by birth) c. 200,000 (by ancestry, corresponding to about 3% of the total population) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| San Salvador, Santa Ana and Santa Tecla | |
| Languages | |
| Salvadoran Spanish · Italian and Italian dialects | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italian Americans, Italian Argentines, Italian Bolivians, Italian Brazilians, Italian Canadians, Italian Chileans, Italian Colombians, Italian Costa Ricans, Italian Cubans, Italian Dominicans, Italian Ecuadorians, Italian Guatemalans, Italian Haitians, Italian Hondurans, Italian Mexicans, Italian Panamanians, Italian Paraguayans, Italian Peruvians, Italian Puerto Ricans, Italian Uruguayans, Italian Venezuelans |
Italian Salvadorans (Italian: italo-salvadoregni; Spanish: ítalo-salvadoreños) are Salvadoran-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to El Salvador during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in El Salvador.
Italian Salvadorans are one of the largest European communities in El Salvador, and one of the largest in Central America and the Caribbean, as well as one of those with the greatest social and cultural weight of America.[1]
Italians have strongly influenced Salvadoran society and participated in the construction of the country's identity. Italian culture is distinguished by infrastructure, gastronomy, education, dance, and other distinctions, there being several notable Salvadorans of Italian descent.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ a b "Libri 100 anni" (in Italian). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Ortiz Jiménez, Carolina Astrid. "Aporte del Arq. Augusto Cesar Baratta del Vecchio al desarrollo de la arquitectura en El Salvador" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Montalvo, Adda (2004). "Mucho mas que Pizza" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Alfredo Massi, el hombre que revolucionó el entretenimiento cinemetográfico salvadoreño" (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2022.[permanent dead link]