Dutch Brazilians
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Dutch Brazilians (Dutch: Nederlandse Brazilianen) (Portuguese: Neerlando-brasileiro) refers to Brazilians of full or partial Dutch ancestry. Dutch Brazilians are mainly descendants of immigrants from the Netherlands.
Nederlandse Brazilianen | |
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Dutch descendants in Holambra. | |
Total population | |
10,954 (Dutch citizens)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Predominantly Northeast Region, South Region and Southeast Region[2][3][4] | |
Languages | |
Portuguese · Dutch | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Dutch people, Flemings, Frisians, White Brazilians |
The Dutch were among the first Europeans settling in Brazil during the 17th century. They controlled the northern coast of Brazil from 1630 to 1654. A significant number of Dutch immigrants arrived in that period. The state of Pernambuco (then Captaincy of Pernambuco) was once a colony of the Dutch Republic from 1630 to 1661. There are a considerable number of people who are descendants of the Dutch colonists in Paraíba (for example in Frederikstad, today João Pessoa - the second most Dutch city in Brazil on XVII century, after Mauristaadt), Pernambuco, Alagoas and Rio Grande do Norte.[5][6]
During the 19th and 20th century, Dutch immigrants from the Netherlands immigrated to the Brazil's Center-South, founded a few cities and prospered.[7] The majority of Dutch Brazilians reside in Espírito Santo, Paraná,[2] Rio Grande do Sul, Pernambuco and São Paulo.[3] There are also small groups of Dutch Brazilians in Goiás, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.[4]