Peruvian Argentines

{{Infobox ethnic group

|group = Peruvian Argentines

| native_name = {{native name|qu|Piruwnu Arhintinapi}}
{{native name|es|Peruano-argentinos}}

|image = File:Dia del inmigrante 037 (6237605809).jpg

|caption = Members of the Peruvian community during a Peruvian festival in Buenos Aires.

|population = 291,181 (by birth, 2023){{cite web |title=Datos sociodemográficos por país de nacimiento |url=https://estadisticas.renaper.gob.ar/app_extranjeros/ |website=RENAPER - Dirección Nacional de Población |access-date=15 November 2023}}
430,000 (2020){{Cite web |title=Challenges for Peruvian Migrants in Argentina |url=https://pulitzercenter.org/projects/challenges-peruvian-migrants-argentina#:~:text=The%20Peruvian%20migrant%20population%20in,the%20Buenos%20Aires%20metropolitan%20area. |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Pulitzer Center |language=en}}
{{small|0.95% of the Argentine population}}

|popplace = Predominantly the Greater Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Mendoza

|langs = {{hlist|Spanish|Quechua|Aymara}}

|rels = Roman Catholicism

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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,{{cite web|url=http://www.indec.gov.ar/nivel4_default.asp?id_tema_1=2&id_tema_2=41&id_tema_3=135|title=Censo 2010 - Población total nacida en el extranjero por lugar de nacimiento, según sexo y grupo de edad (ver por provincias) |work=National Institute of Statistics and Census |date=2010|access-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219020146/http://www.indec.gov.ar/nivel4_default.asp?id_tema_1=2&id_tema_2=41&id_tema_3=135 |archive-date=19 December 2015|language=es}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl486/files/migrated_files/pbn/docs/Perfil_Migratorio_Peru_2012.pdf|website=iom.int|title=Perfil Migratorio del Perú 2012|access-date=15 January 2023|language=es}}

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.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.migraciones.gov.ar/pdf_varios/estadisticas/Patria_Grande.pdf|title=Estadísticas del Plan Patria Grande|website=migraciones.gov.ar|date=August 2010|access-date=15 January 2023|language=es}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/noticias/llega-la-fiesta-de-peru-al-buenos-aires-celebra|website=buenosaires.gob.ar|title=Llega la fiesta de Perú al Buenos Aires Celebra|date=3 August 2016|access-date=15 January 2023|language=es}}

Territorial distribution

File:Peruanos en Argentina por provincia - 2010.png 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.{{cite news|url=https://rpp.pe/mundo/actualidad/la-colonia-peruana-es-la-tercera-mas-numerosa-asentada-en-argentina-noticia-1029626|work=RPP|title=La colonia peruana es la tercera más numerosa asentada en Argentina|date=8 February 2017|access-date=15 January 2023|language=es}}

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

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

class="wikitable sortable"

rowspan="2" | #

! rowspan="2" | Province

! colspan="2" | Peruvian-born people

! %

align=center | 1

| {{flagicon|Buenos Aires Province}} Buenos Aires Province

| align=right | 69,395

| align=right | 44.05 %

align=center | 2

| {{flagicon|Buenos Aires}} City of Buenos Aires

| align=right | 60,478

| align=right | 38.00 %

align=center | 3

| {{flagicon|Córdoba}} Córdoba

| align=right | 12,442

| align=right | 7.90 %

align=center | 4

| {{flagicon|Mendoza}} Mendoza

| align=right | 5,360

| align=right | 3.40 %

align=center | 5

| {{flagicon|Santa Fe}} Santa Fe

| align=right | 4,010

| align=right | 2.54 %

align=center | 6

| {{flagicon|Tucumán}} Tucumán

| align=right | 1,013

| align=right | 0.64 %

align=center | 7

| {{flagicon|Chubut}} Chubut

| align=right | 564

| align=right | 0.39 %

align=center | 8

| {{flagicon|San Luis}} San Luis

| align=right | 431

| align=right | 0.27 %

align=center | 9

| {{flagicon|Neuquén}} Neuquén

| align=right | 376

| align=right | 0.24 %

align=center | 10

| {{flagicon|Tierra del Fuego}} Tierra del Fuego

| align=right | 341

| align=right | 0.21 %

align=center | 11

| {{flagicon|Salta}} Salta

| align=right | 340

| align=right | 0.21 %

align=center | 12

| {{flagicon|Santa Cruz}} Santa Cruz

| align=right | 321

| align=right | 0.20 %

align=center | 13

| {{flagicon|Entre Ríos}} Entre Ríos

| align=right | 294

| align=right | 0.18 %

align=center | 14

| {{flagicon|La Rioja (Argentina)}} La Rioja

| align=right | 291

| align=right | 0.18 %

align=center | 15

| {{flagicon|Río Negro (Argentina)}} Río Negro

| align=right | 280

| align=right | 0.17 %

align=center | 16

| {{flagicon|Jujuy}} Jujuy

| align=right | 275

| align=right | 0.17 %

align=center | 17

| {{flagicon|Catamarca}} Catamarca

| align=right | 233

| align=right | 0.15 %

align=center | 18

| {{flagicon|Santiago del Estero}} Santiago del Estero

| align=right | 208

| align=right | 0.13 %

align=center | 19

| {{flagicon|San Juan}} San Juan

| align=right | 205

| align=right | 0.13 %

align=center | 20

| {{flagicon|Corrientes}} Corrientes

| align=right | 187

| align=right | 0.12 %

align=center | 21

| {{flagicon|Misiones}} Misiones

| align=right | 156

| align=right | 0.10 %

align=center | 22

| {{flagicon|Chaco}} Chaco

| align=right | 142

| align=right | 0.09 %

align=center | 23

| {{flagicon|La Pampa}} La Pampa

| align=right | 100

| align=right | 0.06 %

align=center | 24

| {{flagicon|Formosa}} Formosa

| align=right | 72

| align=right | 0.04 %

Total

| style="background:#ececec;" align=left | {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina

| style="background:#ececec;" align=right | 157,514

| style="background:#ececec;" align=right | 100%

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! Peruvians in Argentina according to INDEC and RENAPER

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Source: The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC)[http://www.estadistica.sanluis.gov.ar/estadisticaWeb/Contenido/Pagina148/File/LIBRO/censo2010_tomo1.pdf Censo Nacional de Argentina del año 2010]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/20160409013106/http://www.estadistica.sanluis.gov.ar/estadisticaWeb/Contenido/Pagina148/File/LIBRO/censo2010_tomo1.pdf}} and the National Register of persons (RENAPER){{cite web |title=Datos sociodemográficos por país de nacimiento |url=https://estadisticas.renaper.gob.ar/app_extranjeros/ |website=RENAPER - Dirección Nacional de Población |access-date=15 November 2023}}

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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

References

Category:Argentina–Peru relations

Category:Peruvian diaspora

Category:Ethnic groups in Argentina

Peruvian Argentines

History

Territorial distribution

Notable people

See also

References