Peruvian Argentines
 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.
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
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]
| # | Province | Peruvian-born people | |
|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ||
| 1 |  Buenos Aires Province
|
69,395 | 44.05 % |
| 2 |  City of Buenos Aires
|
60,478 | 38.00 % |
| 3 |  Córdoba
|
12,442 | 7.90 % |
| 4 |  Mendoza
|
5,360 | 3.40 % |
| 5 |  Santa Fe
|
4,010 | 2.54 % |
| 6 |  Tucumán
|
1,013 | 0.64 % |
| 7 |  Chubut
|
564 | 0.39 % |
| 8 |  San Luis
|
431 | 0.27 % |
| 9 |  Neuquén
|
376 | 0.24 % |
| 10 |  Tierra del Fuego
|
341 | 0.21 % |
| 11 |  Salta
|
340 | 0.21 % |
| 12 |  Santa Cruz
|
321 | 0.20 % |
| 13 |  Entre Ríos
|
294 | 0.18 % |
| 14 |  La Rioja
|
291 | 0.18 % |
| 15 |  Río Negro
|
280 | 0.17 % |
| 16 |  Jujuy
|
275 | 0.17 % |
| 17 |  Catamarca
|
233 | 0.15 % |
| 18 |  Santiago del Estero
|
208 | 0.13 % |
| 19 |  San Juan
|
205 | 0.13 % |
| 20 |  Corrientes
|
187 | 0.12 % |
| 21 |  Misiones
|
156 | 0.10 % |
| 22 |  Chaco
|
142 | 0.09 % |
| 23 |  La Pampa
|
100 | 0.06 % |
| 24 |  Formosa
|
72 | 0.04 % |
| Total |  Argentina
|
157,514 | 100% |
| Peruvians in Argentina according to INDEC and RENAPER |
|---|
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| Source: The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC)[8] and the National Register of persons (RENAPER)[1] |
| Graphic prepared by: Wikipedia |
Notable people
- Ignacio Álvarez Thomas (1787–1857), Independence-era military commander and politician
- Enrique Carreras (1925–1995), film director
- Teófilo Castillo (1857–1922), painter
- Nathalie Kelley (born 1984), actress
- Carolina Freyre (1844–1916), poet and novelist
- Helba Huara (1900–1986), dancer
- Carlos Huntley-Robertson (1908–1982), rugby union player
- Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz (1924–2010), journalist
- Clorinda Matto de Turner (1852–1909), writer
- Benjamín Ubierna (born 1991), footballer
See also
- Argentina–Peru relations
- Immigration to Argentina
- Racism in Argentina
- Bolivian Argentines
- Venezuelan Argentines
References
- ^ a b "Datos sociodemográficos por país de nacimiento". RENAPER - Dirección Nacional de Población. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "La colonia peruana es la tercera más numerosa asentada en Argentina". RPP. 8 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Perfil Migratorio del Perú 2012" (PDF). iom.int (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Estadísticas del Plan Patria Grande" (PDF). migraciones.gov.ar (in Spanish). August 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Llega la fiesta de Perú al Buenos Aires Celebra". buenosaires.gob.ar (in Spanish). 3 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "La colonia peruana es la tercera más numerosa asentada en Argentina". RPP (in Spanish). 8 February 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Censo Nacional de Argentina del año 2010Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
