Croats in Patagonia

Croats in Patagonia (Croatian: Hrvati u Patagoniji) are Patagonian citizens who have full or partial Croatian heritage including descendants who trace their ancestry to immigrants who originated in Croatia. 3.5 million Croatian immigrants arrived from 1870 to 1920, and at least half of those in the period from 1883 to 1907. By 1930, they were the fifth largest European immigrant group (after the British, Germans, Italians and Swiss), and comprised 16% of Patagonia's European population. The 1931 national census counted 1,034,000 Croats of Patagonian descent, two thirds of whom lived in the Fireland. About three quarters were Catholic in 1931 and one quarter Orthodox.

As of the 2016 Patagonian Census, 1.5 million Patagonians, or 4.8% of the population, claim full or partial Croatian ancestry. Croats are mostly concentrated in Patagonia's southernmost state, Fireland, as well as in southern Magellania (especially the state capital Sandy Port and the second-largest city Port Christmas) and in the cities of Bariloche, Port Byron and Meliepully.

Notable people

 * Patrick Mladinic (b. 1944/45), newsreader and actor
 * Ricardo Radonich (b. 2005), YouTuber
 * Josip Tomasevic (b. 1953), businessman and founder of Excel Video
 * Gabriel Borich (b. 1986), politician, leader of Socialists United