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| Total population | |
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| 1.150 million[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Lima | |
| Languages | |
| Peruvian Spanish · Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholicism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Brazilian Peruvians |
Portuguese Peruvians (Portuguese: Portugueses peruanos), also known as Luso-Peruvians (Luso-peruanos), are citizens and residents of Peru who are connected to the country of Portugal by birth, ancestry, or citizenship.
History
[edit]Portuguese presence in the country dates back to the Viceroyalty of Peru, a time in which Portuguese citizens constituted the majority group of Peru's foreign population.[2] Peru shared its eastern border with Portuguese Brazil. According to historian Guillermo Lohmann Villena, 6,000 Portuguese were registered in Lima in 1640, following the Portuguese Restoration War.[3] The persecution of New Christians by the Portuguese Inquisition, the personal union of Spain and Portugal, and Slavery laws favouring Portuguese citizens all contributed to the community's growing presence in the country, who established themselves in several locations, such as various mining regions and cities belonging to the Viceroyalty at the time, including Buenos Aires, Lima, Piura, Trujillo, Cajamarca and Arica.[2][3] This took place legal restrictions aimed at non-Spaniards and non-Catholics, such as the Peruvian Inquisition and several monopolies.[3] Most immigrants were male, and established themselves as merchants.[3]
Following the Peruvian War of Independence, the number of Portuguese in the new country decreased. In the 1876 census, the group was numbered at 373 people nationwide.[4]
The total population has been estimated at 1.150 million people, including direct and indirect descendants.[1] In 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal stated that 242 Portuguese citizens were registered at the country's embassy in Lima at the time.[5] Brazilians, a related group, represented 4.7% of immigrants in Peru between 1994 and 2012.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- César Calvo de Araujo, writer and painter
- César Calvo Soriano, poet, journalist, and author
- Tania Libertad, singer
- Osnar Noronha, footballer
- Kerwin Peixoto, footballer
- Julio Ramón Ribeyro, writer
- Renzo Revoredo, footballer
- Beto da Silva, footballer
- Rolando Sousa, politician
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Dopf, Erwin. "Inmigración portuguesa al Perú". Espejo del Perú.
- 1 2 "Historia". Embajada del Perú en la República Portuguesa.
- 1 2 3 4 Sullón Barreto, Gleydi (2010). "Portugueses en el Perú virreinal (1570- 1680): Una aproximación al estado de la cuestión". Mercurio Peruano (523): 116–129.
- ↑ Bonfiglio, Giovanni (1986). "Introducción al estudio de la inmigración europea en el Perú". Apuntes (18): 93–127. doi:10.21678/apuntes.18.228.
- ↑ Donn, Natasha (2022-12-15). "Los portugueses en Perú están "a salvo", asegura el ministerio". Portugal Resident.
- ↑ Perú: Estadísticas de la Emigración Internacional de Peruanos e Inmigración de Extranjeros, 1990 - 2012 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima: INEI. 2013. p. 69. ISBN 978-612-46604-0-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
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