Parte 2: Casos. Capitulo 3: Una aproximación histórica a la migración de sirios, libaneses y palestinos en Norte de Santander

Abstract

The presence of Syrians, Lebanese and Palestinians in Colombia since the 1880s has

has allowed scholars of migrations and the social, political and economic transformations that they generated in the country. and the social, political and economic transformations they generated in the country.

to place them in a preponderant place. The number of migrants is perhaps not the the number of migrants is perhaps not the most significant, but the contributions they have made to the construction of national identity, the shaping of national identity, the configuration of the country's social and

national identity, the configuration of new commercial practices and the dynamics of the country's economy. tive practices and to the political dynamics of the territory. Although studies by Viloria (2003) Although studies by Viloria (2003), Fawcett & Posada (1992), Herrera (2016) and Martínez (2009)

(2016) and Martinez (2009), among others, show preferential evidence of the settlement of migrations in the region. the settlement of "Arab" migrations on the Colombian Caribbean coast, in Bogota and Cali, Colombia. Colombian Caribbean coast, in Bogota and Cali; other intermediate cities in the east,

such as Bucaramanga, Cúcuta and Ocaña (the latter two located in the Venezuelan border area) are also border zone with Venezuela) also became home to some families whose lineages survive after having achieved political and social prominence. political and social repre- sentation.