Bulgarian Mexicans

Bulgarian Mexicans (Bulgarian: български мексиканци, bŭlgarski meksikantsi) are Mexican citizens of Bulgarian descent or citizens from Bulgaria residing in Mexico. The majority are concentrated in Mexico City and in nearby cities. According to the INEGI 2020 census, there are 276 Bulgarian citizens residing in Mexico, making them the fifth largest Slavic community in the country, behind only the Russians, Ukrainians, Poles and Czechs.

Bulgarian Mexicans
Búlgaro-mexicano
български мексиканци
Bulgarian dancers in Puebla
Total population
276 Bulgarian nationals in Mexico (2020)[1]
Unknown number of Mexicans of Bulgarian descent
Regions with significant populations
Mexico City · Nuevo León · Jalisco · Baja California · Morelos
Languages
Mexican Spanish · Bulgarian
Related ethnic groups
Bulgarians

History

Most Bulgarians arrived in the country during the Second World War, which resulted in a mass emigration of Bulgarians fleeing from political issues. Although Mexico was not a major destination for Bulgarian immigrants; several hundred migrants from Bulgaria immigrated to Mexico in order to travel to the United States in the mid-1960s after it passed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 which abolished the quota system based on national origins.[2] Recently, many Bulgarians, particularly women, have been trafficked from their homes mainly with the promise of going to the United States, however, were sent to Mexico where they were made to become prostitutes and/or sex slaves.[3] The Bulgarian community in Mexico has been small since that time, even so, Bulgaria has contributed with remarkable citizens, mainly with scientists who work in faculties of the National University Autonomous University of Mexico.

Demographics

Bulgarian migration to Mexico between 1990 and 2020[4]
Year Bulgarian residents
1990 N/A
2000 N/A
2010 237
2020 276

Bulgarian citizens in Mexico

  • Leonid Georgiev, physicist
  • Dobrina Cristeva, actress
  • Margarita Stoytcheva, Electrochemical scientist at the Autonomous University of Baja California
  • Kiril Todorov, president of the Mexican Swimming Federation

Mexicans of Bulgarian descent

See also

References

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