German Brazilians

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German Brazilians (German: Deutschbrasilianer, Hunsrik: Deitschbrasiliooner, Portuguese: teuto-brasileiros) refers to Brazilians of full or partial German ancestry. German Brazilians live mostly in the country's South Region, with a smaller but still significant percentage living in the Southeast Region. Between 1824 and 1972, about 260,000 Germans settled in Brazil, the fifth largest nationality to immigrate after the Portuguese, Italians, Spaniards and Japanese. The first German immigrants to Brazil arrived as early as the 16th century, although organized immigration began only in the 19th century. The causes of this process can be found in the frequent social problems that occurred in Europe and the abundance of land in Brazil. In 1986, Born and Dickgiesser estimated the number of German descendants in Brazil at 3.6 million. According to another survey, from 1999, by sociologist and former president of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Simon Schwartzman, 3.6...

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