Sammarinese Migration and Diaspora

Diaspora

Heavy emigration from the 1860s to the 1920s, driven by hill poverty: to ITALY above all, then the UNITED STATES — Detroit, and a notable concentration in Troy, New York — FRANCE, ARGENTINA and Uruguay. The Republic maintains formal ties with its citizens abroad, who can vote, and Sammarinese associations in Detroit, New York, Paris and Buenos Aires keep the festivals and the piadina.