Peruvian Argentines
Peruano-Argentinos
Members of the Peruvian community in Argentina during a Peruvian festival in Buenos Aires.
Total population
157,514 (2010)[1]
0.39% of the Argentine population
Regions with significant populations
Predominantly the Greater Buenos Aires and Córdoba
Languages
Religion
Roman Catholicism

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

According to the 2010 national census, there were 157,514 Peruvians living in Argentina,[1] 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.[2]

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.[1]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Territorial distribution

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.[5]

The 2010 national census yielded the following results for the geographical distribution of Peruvian-born people living in Argentina:[1]

# Province Peruvian-born people
#  %
1 Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires Province 69,395 44.05 %
2 Buenos Aires City of Buenos Aires 60,478 38.00 %
3 Córdoba Province, Argentina Córdoba 12,442 7.90 %
4 Mendoza Province Mendoza 5,360 3.40 %
5 Santa Fe Province Santa Fe 4,010 2.54 %
6 Tucumán Province Tucumán 1,013 0.64 %
7 Chubut Province Chubut 564 0.39 %
8 San Luis Province San Luis 431 0.27 %
9 Neuquén Province Neuquén 376 0.24 %
10 Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina Tierra del Fuego 341 0.21 %
11 Salta Province Salta 340 0.21 %
12 Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Santa Cruz 321 0.20 %
13 Entre Ríos Province Entre Ríos 294 0.18 %
14 La Rioja Province, Argentina La Rioja 291 0.18 %
15 Río Negro Province Río Negro 280 0.17 %
16 Jujuy Province Jujuy 275 0.17 %
17 Catamarca Province Catamarca 233 0.15 %
18 Santiago del Estero Province Santiago del Estero 208 0.13 %
19 San Juan Province, Argentina San Juan 205 0.13 %
20 Corrientes Province Corrientes 187 0.12 %
21 Misiones Province Misiones 156 0.10 %
22 Chaco Province Chaco 142 0.09 %
23 La Pampa Province La Pampa 100 0.06 %
24 Formosa Province Formosa 72 0.04 %
Total Argentina Argentina 157,514 100%

Notable people

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peruvian diaspora in Argentina.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Censo 2010 - Población total nacida en el extranjero por lugar de nacimiento, según sexo y grupo de edad (ver por provincias)". National Institute of Statistics and Census (in Spanish). 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Perfil Migratorio del Perú 2012" (PDF). iom.int (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Estadísticas del Plan Patria Grande" (PDF). migraciones.gov.ar (in Spanish). August 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Llega la fiesta de Perú al Buenos Aires Celebra". buenosaires.gob.ar (in Spanish). 3 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "La colonia peruana es la tercera más numerosa asentada en Argentina". RPP (in Spanish). 8 February 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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