History of the Jews in Ecuador

Ecuadorian Jews
Judíos de Ecuador
יהדות אקוודור‎
Total population
290
Regions with significant populations
Quito and Guayaquil
Languages
Spanish, Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew
Religion
Judaism

The history of the Jews in Ecuador dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when Sephardic Jews began arriving from Spain and Portugal as a result of the Spanish Inquisition. Ecuadorian Jews are members of a small Jewish community in the territory of today's Ecuador, and they form one of the smallest Jewish communities in South America.

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