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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
===Immigration=== | |||
*Peru is a multiethnic nation formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers under the Viceroyalty. | *Peru is a multiethnic nation formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers under the Viceroyalty. | ||
*Before 1775, most of the emigrants from Spain came from the regions of '''Castilla, Andalucía, or Extremadura'''. '''The people from Cataluña, Aragón, Galicia, and Vascongadas were excluded from the Americas by the Court of the Indies (Consejo de Indias).''' | *Before 1775, most of the emigrants from Spain came from the regions of '''Castilla, Andalucía, or Extremadura'''. '''The people from Cataluña, Aragón, Galicia, and Vascongadas were excluded from the Americas by the Court of the Indies (Consejo de Indias).''' | ||
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*The largest group of foreign residents is from '''Argentina, which accounts for about 14% of the total with over 9000 Argentineans living in Peru'''. Immigrants from the United States make up just over 9% of the total with 5,800 US citizens now residing in Peru. Other large groups of immigrants in Peru include '''Chileans, Bolivians, Colombians, Brazilians, Uruguayans, Spanish and Chinese'''. | *The largest group of foreign residents is from '''Argentina, which accounts for about 14% of the total with over 9000 Argentineans living in Peru'''. Immigrants from the United States make up just over 9% of the total with 5,800 US citizens now residing in Peru. Other large groups of immigrants in Peru include '''Chileans, Bolivians, Colombians, Brazilians, Uruguayans, Spanish and Chinese'''. | ||
*The majority of foreign residents in Peru live in '''Lima, with other communities found in Cusco and Arequipa'''.<ref>"Immigration to Peru", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Peru, accessed 29 May 2021.</ref> | *The majority of foreign residents in Peru live in '''Lima, with other communities found in Cusco and Arequipa'''.<ref>"Immigration to Peru", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Peru, accessed 29 May 2021.</ref> | ||
===Emigration=== | |||
The largest Peruvian communities are in the '''United States (see Peruvian Americans), Canada, Argentine, Chile, Venezuela, Europe (i.e. Spain, Italy and France), Japan and Australia.'''<ref>"List of diasporas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas, accessed 28 May 2021.</ref> | |||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||