Peruvian Argentines

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Peruvian Argentines
Piruwnu Arhintinapi (Quechua)
Peruano-argentinos (Spanish)
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Members of the Peruvian community during a Peruvian festival in Buenos Aires.
Total population
291,181 (by birth, 2023) [1]
+350,000 (by ancestry, 2017) [2]
0.8% of the Argentine population
Regions with significant populations
Predominantly the Greater Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Mendoza
Languages
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups

Peruvian Argentines (Quechua: Piruwnu Arhintinapi, Spanish: Peruano-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of partial or full peruvians descent, or Peruvian citizens who have migrated to and settled in Argentina.

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According to the 2010 national census, there were 157,514 Peruvians living in Argentina, [3] making them one of the largest immigrant communities in the country; many more are descended from Peruvians but were born in Argentina, thus counting as full Argentine citizens. Argentina is home to the fourth largest Peruvian community worldwide, after the United States, Spain and Chile. [4]

History

The Peruvian-born population of Argentina has grown considerably since the 1980s. The 1980 national census registered 8,561 Peruvian-born residents in the country; that number had grown to 15,939 in 1991. The 2001 census registered 88,260 Peruvian-born residents, making up 5.8% of Argentina's immigrants and making them the seventh largest immigrant community in the country, behind Bolivians, Paraguayans, Chileans, Italians, Spaniards and Uruguayans. The following decade's national census registered another considerable jump, with 157,514 Peruvian-born residents in Argentina. [3]

On 17 April 2006, President Néstor Kirchner launched the "Patria Grande" plan, an initiative to grant legal resident status to immigrants from Mercosur member states (including observer states such as Peru) with an irregular migration status. The policy was continued by Kirchner's successor, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. By 2010, of the 423,697 migrants registered in the programme, 47,455 were Peruvian-born. [5]

Since 2007, the Peruvian Embassy in Argentina and the Buenos Aires City government have organised the yearly PerúBA festival, wherein members of the Peruvian community celebrate and share their cultural heritage, with shows of music, dance and food. [6]

Territorial distribution

Percentage of Peruvian citizens in Argentina by province in 2010. Peruanos en Argentina por provincia - 2010.png
Percentage of Peruvian citizens in Argentina by province in 2010.

Peruvian-born residents and their descendants have primarily settled in large urban centers such as those of the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, Córdoba, and Rosario. In Buenos Aires, the neighbourhoods of Balvanera and San Telmo are known for their considerable Peruvian communities. [7]

The 2010 national census yielded the following results for the geographical distribution of Peruvian-born people living in Argentina: [3]

#ProvincePeruvian-born people
# %
1 Bandera de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.svg Buenos Aires Province 69,39544.05 %
2 Bandera de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.svg City of Buenos Aires 60,47838.00 %
3 Bandera de la Provincia de Cordoba 2014.svg Córdoba 12,4427.90 %
4 Bandera de la Provincia de Mendoza.svg Mendoza 5,3603.40 %
5 Bandera de la Provincia de Santa Fe.svg Santa Fe 4,0102.54 %
6 Bandera de la Provincia de Tucuman.svg Tucumán 1,0130.64 %
7 Flag of chubut province in argentina - bandera de chubut.svg Chubut 5640.39 %
8 Flag of San Luis Province.svg San Luis 4310.27 %
9 Flag of Neuquen province in Argentina.svg Neuquén 3760.24 %
10 Bandera de la Provincia de Tierra del Fuego.svg Tierra del Fuego 3410.21 %
11 Bandera de la Provincia de Salta.svg Salta 3400.21 %
12 Bandera de la Provincia de Santa Cruz.svg Santa Cruz 3210.20 %
13 Flag of Entre Rios.svg Entre Ríos 2940.18 %
14 Flag of La Rioja province in Argentina.svg La Rioja 2910.18 %
15 Flag of Rio Negro Province.svg Río Negro 2800.17 %
16 Flag of the Civil Freedom of Argentina.svg Jujuy 2750.17 %
17 Bandera de la Provincia de Catamarca.svg Catamarca 2330.15 %
18 Flag of Santiago del Estero.svg Santiago del Estero 2080.13 %
19 Flag of the San Juan Province.svg San Juan 2050.13 %
20 Bandera de la Provincia de Corrientes.svg Corrientes 1870.12 %
21 Bandera de la Provincia de Misiones.svg Misiones 1560.10 %
22 Flag of Chaco province in Argentina 2007.svg Chaco 1420.09 %
23 Bandera de la Provincia de La Pampa.svg La Pampa 1000.06 %
24 Flag of Formosa.svg Formosa 720.04 %
Total Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina157,514100%


Peruvians in Argentina according to INDEC and RENAPER
Peruvian Argentines
Source: The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) [8] and the National Register of persons (RENAPER) [1]
Graphic prepared by: Wikipedia

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