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Portuguese immigration to Hawaii began in 1878 when Portuguese residents made up less than 1% of the Island population. However the importation that began that year of laborers from Madeira and the Azores to work in the sugarcane plantations rapidly increased the Portuguese presence in Hawaii and by the end of 1911 nearly 16000 Portuguese immigrants had arrived.

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