Y Wladfa, also occasionally Y Wladychfa Gymreig, refers to the establishment of settlements by Welsh colonists and immigrants in the Argentine Patagonia, beginning in 1865, mainly along the coast of the lower Chubut Valley. In 1881, the area became part of the Chubut National Territory of Argentina which, in 1955, became Chubut Province.
The Rev. Michael D. Jones (1822–1898)
Lewis Jones
The Mimosa.
Welsh traditions in Rawson
The Welsh are an ethnic group native to Wales. Wales is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. The majority of people living in Wales are British citizens.
Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales by his supporters on 16 September 1400. The last native Welsh person to hold the title.
John Adams, the second President of the United States (1797–1801), whose paternal great-grandfather David Adams, born and bred at Fferm Penybanc, Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire, emigrated from Wales in 1675