page_title: Lebanon–Uruguay relations
section_title: Lebanese in Uruguay
hierarchical_section_title: Lebanon–Uruguay relations / Lebanese in Uruguay
caption_attribution_description: Español: General José Artigas (Homenaje de la colectividad libanesa). Ubicada en el departamento de Montevideo This is a photo of an Uruguayan monument identified by the ID 020-092
context_page_description: Lebanon–Uruguay relations are foreign relations between Lebanon and Uruguay. Uruguay recognized Lebanon's independence on November 22, 1943. Both countries established diplomatic relations on October 25, 1945.
  Both countries are members of the Group of 77.
context_section_description: The first Lebanese immigrants to Uruguay arrived in the 1860s. In 1954 there were 15,000 people of Lebanese descent living in Uruguay. By 2009 the number had grown to about 55,000. In 1997, Uruguay's house speaker noted that its 99-seat parliament contains two members of Lebanese origin, including himself.
caption: Memorial to the Uruguayan national hero José Gervasio Artigas, dedicated by the Lebanese community in Uruguay.
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