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	Peru 29,496,000
United States	435,363
Argentina	138,355
Spain	137,154
Chile	125,000
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Italy	87,747
Japan	60,000
Australia	47,000
Brazil	20,000
United Kingdom	15,000
Canada	10,000 - 19,000
France	5,000 - 9,000
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Peru is a multiethnic country formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before Spanish Conquest in the 16th century; according to historian David N. Cook their population decreased from an estimated 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases.^[1] Spaniards and Africans arrived in large numbers under colonial rule, mixing widely with each other and with indigenous peoples.

With about 29.5 million inhabitants, Peru is the fourth most populous country in South America.^[2] Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000; population is expected to reach approximately 42 million in 2050.^[3] As of 2007, 75.9% lived in urban areas and 24.1% in rural areas.^[4] Major cities include Lima, home to over 8 million people, Arequipa, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura, Iquitos, Cusco, Chimbote, and Huancayo, all of which reported more than 250,000 inhabitants in the 2007 census.^[5]

The largest Peruvian communities are in the United States (Peruvian Americans), South America (Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Brazil), Europe (Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and France), Japan, Australia and Canada.

Ethnic structure of Peru

Peru is a multiethnic country, which means that it is home to people of many different historical backgrounds. Therefore, it is a multicultural country as well. Since it is a multiethnic society, Peruvian people usually treat their nationality as a citizenship instead of an ethnicity. The Peruvian census does not contain information about ethnicity so only rough estimates are available. Its population can be composed of Amerindians: 45%,^[6] Mestizos: 37%,^[7] European: 15%,^[7] Afro-Peruvians: 2%,^[8] Asians and others: 1%.^[9] Amerindians are found in the southern Andes, though a large portion, also to be found in the southern and central coast due to the massive internal labor migration from remote Andean regions to coastal cities,during the past four decades. While the Andes are the "heart" of the indigenous populations of Peru, White people are mostly found in the coast and are mostly of Spanish, Italian, British, French, German, Irish and Croatian descent. ^{[citation needed]}

Socioeconomic and cultural indicators are increasingly important as identifiers. For example, Peruvians of Amerindian descent who have adopted aspects of Hispanic culture also are beginning to consider themselves "mestizo". With economic development, access to education, intermarriage, and large-scale migration from rural to urban areas, a more homogeneous national culture is developing, mainly along the relatively more prosperous coast. Peruvians view themselves as a racially mixed people: a "half indigenous, a third European, a sixth African and one part Asiatic" composition as a "melting pot" recipe for a Peruvian stew. ^{[citation needed]}

Amerindians

Amerindians constitute around 45%^[10] of the total population. The two major indigenous or ethnic groups are the Quechuas (belonging to various cultural subgroups), followed by the Aymaras, mostly found in the extreme southern Andes. A large proportion of the indigenous population who live in the Andean highlands still speak Quechua or Aymara, and have vibrant cultural traditions, some of which were part of the Inca Empire, arguably the most advanced agricultural civilization in the world.

Literally dozens of indigenous cultures are also dispersed throughout the country beyond the Andes Mountains in the Amazon basin. This region is rapidly becoming urbanized. Important urban centers include Iquitos, Nauta, Puerto Maldonado, Pucallpa and Yurimaguas. This region is home to numerous indigenous peoples, though they do not constitute a large proportion of the total population. Examples of indigenous peoples residing in eastern Peru include the Shipibo, Urarina,^[11] Cocama, and Aguaruna, to name just a few.

Mestizos

Mestizos compose about 37%^[7] of the total population. The term traditionally denotes Amerindian and European ancestry (mostly Spaniard ancestry and to a lesser degree, Italian). This term, was part of the cast classification during colonial times, whereby people of exclusive Spanish descend but born in the colonies were called criollos, people of mixed Amerindian and Spanish descend were called mestizos, those of African and Spanish descend were called mulatos and those of Amerindian and African descend were called zambos. Nowadays, this terms have racist connotations.

Most Peruvian mestizos are of Amerindian and European descent, but other ethnic backgrounds (such as Asian, Middle Eastern and African) are also present, in varying degrees, in some segments of the mestizo population. Most mestizos are urban dwellers and show stronger European inheritance in regions like Lima Region, La Libertad Region, Callao Region, Pasco Region, Cajamarca Region, and Arequipa Region.

European Peruvian

European descendants constitute around 15%^[7] of the total population.^[12] They are descendants of the Spanish colonizers and other Europeans such as Italians, British, French, Germans and Croatians (see also Croats) who arrived in the 19th and 20th centuries. The majority of them live also in the largest cities (like mestizos), usually in the North and Center of Peru: Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura, Cajamarca and San Martin. The only southern city with a significant white population is Arequipa. Recently, Peru has seen a migration of American retirees and businessmen come to settle in the country, due to lower cost of living and economic booms in the 1990s and 2000s, though Peru experiences busts in between. ^{[citation needed]}

Asian Peruvian

There is also a large presence of Asian Peruvians, primarily Chinese and Japanese along with recent arrived Koreans and Taiwanese immigrants, that constitutes 3% of the population, which in proportion to the overall population is the second largest of any Latin American nation, after Panama. Peru has the second largest population of people of Japanese descent in Latin America after Brazil and the largest population of Chinese descent in Latin America. Historic communities inhabited by people of Chinese descent are found throughout the Peruvian upper Amazon, including cities such as Yurimaguas, Nauta, Iquitos and the north central coast (Lambayeque and Trujillo).

In contrast to the Japanese community in Peru, the Chinese appear to have intermarried much more since they came to work in the rice fields during the Viceroyalty and to replace the African slaves, during the abolition of slavery itself. Despite the presence of Peruvians of Asian heritage being quite recent, in the past decade they have made significant advancements in business and political fields; a past president (Alberto Fujimori), several past cabinet members, and one member of the Peruvian congress are of Japanese or Chinese origin. Small numbers of Arab Peruvians, mostly of Lebanese and Syrian origin, and Palestinians also reside, as well a small Hindustani and Pakistani community. ^{[citation needed]}

Afro-Peruvain

The remaining is constituted by Afro-Peruvians, a legacy of Peru's history as an importer of slaves during the colonial period. Today also mulattos (mixed African and European) and zambos (mixed African and Amerindian) constitute an important part of the population as well, especially in Piura, Tumbes, Lambayeque, Lima and Ica regions. The Afro-Peruvian population is concentrated mostly in coastal cities south of Lima, such as that of those found in the Ica Region, in cities like Cañete, Chincha, Ica, Nazca and Acarí in the border with the Arequipa Region.

Another large but poorly promoted segment of Afro-Peruvian presence is in the Yunga regions (west and just below the Andean chain of northern Peru), (i.e., Piura and Lambayeque), where sugarcane, lemon, and mango production are still of importance. Important communities are found all over the Morropón Province, such as in the city of Chulucanas. One of them is Yapatera, a community in the same city, as well as smaller farming communities like Pabur or La Matanza and even in the mountainous region near Canchaque. Further south, the colonial city of Zaña or farming towns like Capote and Tuman in Lambayeque are also important regions with Afro-Peruvian presence.

Immigration after independence

After independence, there has been a gradual European immigration from England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Croatia and Spain.^[13]

Polynesians also came to the country lured to work in the Guano islands during the boom years of this commodity around the 1860s. Chinese arrived in the 1850s as a replacement for slave workers in the sugar plantations of the north coast and have since become a major influence in Peruvian society.^[14] Other immigrant groups include Arabs, South Asians, Japanese and Americans from the United States. ^{[citation needed]}

Languages

Spanish, the first language of 83.9% of Peruvians aged five and older in 2007, is the primary language of the country. It coexists with several indigenous languages, the most common of which is Quechua, spoken by 13.2% of the population. Other native and foreign languages were spoken at that time by 2.7% and 0.1% of Peruvians, respectively.^[15] Literacy was estimated at 92.9% in 2007; this rate is lower in rural areas (80.3%) than in urban areas (96.3%).^[16] Primary and secondary education are compulsory and free in public schools.^[17]

Religions

Lord of Miracles

In the 2007 census, 81.3% of the population over 12 years old described themselves as Catholic, 12.5% as Evangelical, 3.3% as of other denominations, and 2.9% as non-religious.^[18] Lord of Miraclesis a mural painted by a black slave in the 17th century of Jesus Christ that is venerated in Lima and the main Catholic festivity in Peru and one of the biggest processions around the world.

Every year, in October, hundreds of thousands of faithful from all races and economic backgrounds dresses in purple to celebrate the also known "Black Christ" in a religious procession through the streets of Lima. Without doubt the earthquakes by Lima during the 17th and 18th Centuries, which destroyed most of the city leaving only that mural standing up, contributed to the growth and the solidification of devoted veneration to the mural known as as "Christ of Pachacamilla".

Culture

Peruvian culture is primarily rooted in Amerindian and Spanish traditions,^[19] though it has also been influenced by various African, Asian, and European ethnic groups. Peruvian artistic traditions date back to the elaborate pottery, textiles, jewelry, and sculpture of Pre-Inca cultures. The Incas maintained these crafts and made architectural achievements including the construction of Machu Picchu. Baroque dominated colonial art, though modified by native traditions.^[20] During this period, most art focused on religious subjects; the numerous churches of the era and the paintings of the Cuzco School are representative.^[21] Arts stagnated after independence until the emergence of Indigenismo in the early 20th century.^[22] Since the 1950s, Peruvian art has been eclectic and shaped by both foreign and local art currents.^[23]

Peruvian literature has its roots in the oral traditions of pre-Columbian civilizations. Spaniards introduced writing in the 16th century; colonial literary expression included chronicles and religious literature. After independence, Costumbrism and Romanticism became the most common literary genres, as exemplified in the works of Ricardo Palma.^[24] In the early 20th century, the Indigenismo movement produced such writers as Ciro Alegría,^[25] José María Arguedas,^[26] and César Vallejo.^[27] During the second half of the century, Peruvian literature became more widely known because of authors such as Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, a leading member of the Latin American Boom.^[28]

Peruvian cuisine is a blend of Amerindian and Spanish food with strong influences from African, Arab, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese cooking.^[29] Common dishes include anticuchos, ceviche and pachamanca. Because of the variety of climates within Peru, a wide range of plants and animals are available for cooking.^[30] Peruvian cuisine has recently received acclaim due to its diversity of ingredients and techniques.^[31]

Peruvian music has Andean, Spanish and African roots.^[32] In pre-Hispanic times, musical expressions varied widely from region to region; the quena and the tinya were two common instruments.^[33] Spanish conquest brought the introduction of new instruments such as the guitar and the harp, as well as the development of crossbred instruments like the charango.^[34] African contributions to Peruvian music include its rhythms and the cajón, a percussion instrument.^[35] Peruvian folk dances include marinera, tondero and huayno.^[36]

References

^ Noble David Cook, Demographic collapse: Indian Peru, 1520–1620, p. 114.
^ United Nations, Template:PDFlink, pp. 44–48. Retrieved July 29, 2007.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perú: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población, 1950–2050, pp. 37–38, 40.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 13.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 24.
^ CIA - The World Factbook
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Universia, Poblacion de Peru
^ Afro-Latino Roots
^ "CIA - The World Factbook -- Peru". Retrieved 2008-11-22.
^ Unicef, Atlas sociolingüístico de Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina Fichas nacionales [1]
^ Dean, Bartholomew 2009 Urarina Society, Cosmology, and History in Peruvian Amazonia, Gainesville: University Press of Florida ISBN 978-081303378 [2]
^ Peru: Ethnic groups
^ Mario Vázquez, "Immigration and mestizaje in nineteenth-century Peru", pp. 79–81.
^ Magnus Mörner, Race mixture in the history of Latin America, p. 131.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 111.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 93.
^ Constitución Política del Perú, Article N° 17.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 132..
^ Víctor Andrés Belaunde, Peruanidad, p. 472.
^ Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Art of colonial Latin America, pp. 72–74.
^ Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Art of colonial Latin America, p. 263.
^ Edward Lucie-Smith, Latin American art of the 20th century, pp. 76–77, 145–146.
^ Damián Bayón, "Art, c. 1920–c. 1980", pp. 425–428.
^ Gerald Martin, "Literature, music and the visual arts, c. 1820–1870", pp. 37–39.
^ Gerald Martin, "Narrative since c. 1920", pp. 151–152.
^ Gerald Martin, "Narrative since c. 1920", pp. 178–179.
^ Jaime Concha, "Poetry, c. 1920–1950", pp. 250–253.
^ Gerald Martin, "Narrative since c. 1920", pp. 186–188.
^ Tony Custer, The Art of Peruvian Cuisine, pp. 17–22.
^ Tony Custer, The Art of Peruvian Cuisine, pp. 25–38.
^ Embassy of Peru in the United States, The Peruvian Gastronomy. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
^ Raúl Romero, "Andean Peru", p. 385–386.
^ Dale Olsen, Music of El Dorado, pp. 17–22.
^ Thomas Turino, "Charango", p. 340.
^ Raúl Romero, "La música tradicional y popular", pp. 263–265.
^ Raúl Romero, "La música tradicional y popular", pp. 243–245, 261–263.

[1] Noble David Cook, Demographic collapse: Indian Peru, 1520–1620, p. 114.

[2] United Nations, Template:PDFlink, pp. 44–48. Retrieved July 29, 2007.

[3] Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perú: Estimaciones y Proyecciones de Población, 1950–2050, pp. 37–38, 40.

[4] Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 13.

[5] Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 24.

[6] CIA - The World Factbook

[Universia,_Poblacion_de_Peru-7] Universia, Poblacion de Peru

[8] Afro-Latino Roots

[9] "CIA - The World Factbook -- Peru". Retrieved 2008-11-22.

[10] Unicef, Atlas sociolingüístico de Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina Fichas nacionales [1]

[11] Dean, Bartholomew 2009 Urarina Society, Cosmology, and History in Peruvian Amazonia, Gainesville: University Press of Florida ISBN 978-081303378 [2]

[12] Peru: Ethnic groups

[13] Mario Vázquez, "Immigration and mestizaje in nineteenth-century Peru", pp. 79–81.

[14] Magnus Mörner, Race mixture in the history of Latin America, p. 131.

[15] Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 111.

[16] Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 93.

[17] Constitución Política del Perú, Article N° 17.

[18] Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú, p. 132..

[19] Víctor Andrés Belaunde, Peruanidad, p. 472.

[20] Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Art of colonial Latin America, pp. 72–74.

[21] Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Art of colonial Latin America, p. 263.

[22] Edward Lucie-Smith, Latin American art of the 20th century, pp. 76–77, 145–146.

[23] Damián Bayón, "Art, c. 1920–c. 1980", pp. 425–428.

[24] Gerald Martin, "Literature, music and the visual arts, c. 1820–1870", pp. 37–39.

[25] Gerald Martin, "Narrative since c. 1920", pp. 151–152.

[26] Gerald Martin, "Narrative since c. 1920", pp. 178–179.

[27] Jaime Concha, "Poetry, c. 1920–1950", pp. 250–253.

[28] Gerald Martin, "Narrative since c. 1920", pp. 186–188.

[29] Tony Custer, The Art of Peruvian Cuisine, pp. 17–22.

[30] Tony Custer, The Art of Peruvian Cuisine, pp. 25–38.

[31] Embassy of Peru in the United States, The Peruvian Gastronomy. Retrieved December 27, 2010.

[32] Raúl Romero, "Andean Peru", p. 385–386.

[33] Dale Olsen, Music of El Dorado, pp. 17–22.

[34] Thomas Turino, "Charango", p. 340.

[35] Raúl Romero, "La música tradicional y popular", pp. 263–265.

[36] Raúl Romero, "La música tradicional y popular", pp. 243–245, 261–263.

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 == Ethnic structure of Peru==
 Peru is a [[Multiethnic society|multiethnic]] country, which means that it is home to people of many different historical backgrounds. Therefore, it is a [[Multiculturalism|multicultural]] country as well. Since it is a multiethnic society, Peruvian people usually treat their nationality as a citizenship instead of an ethnicity. The Peruvian census does not contain information about ethnicity so only rough estimates are available. Its population can be composed of [[Indigenous peoples in Peru|Amerindians]]: 45%,<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html  CIA - The World Factbook]</ref> [[Mestizos|Mestizo]]s: 37%,<ref name="Universia, Poblacion de Peru">[http://internacional.universia.net/latinoamerica/datos-paises/peru/poblacion.htm  Universia, Poblacion de Peru]</ref> [[European Peruvian|European]]: 15%,<ref name="Universia, Poblacion de Peru"/> [[Afro-Peruvians]]: 2%,<ref>[http://www.afrolatinos.tv/index.php?root.display/778/Peru#lang2pag1 Afro-Latino Roots]</ref>  [[Asian Peruvian|Asians]] and others: 1%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html#People |title=CIA - The World Factbook -- Peru |accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref> Amerindians are found in the southern [[Andes]], though a large portion, also to be found in the southern and central coast due to the massive internal labor migration from remote Andean regions to coastal cities,during the past four decades. While the Andes are the "heart" of the indigenous populations of Peru, White people are mostly found in the coast and are mostly of [[Spanish Peruvian|Spanish]], [[Italian Peruvians|Italian]], [[British Peruvians|British]], [[French Peruvians|French]], [[German Peruvian|German]], [[Irish people|Irish]] and  [[Croatian Peruvian|Croatian]] descent. {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
+Socioeconomic and cultural indicators are increasingly important as identifiers. For example, Peruvians of Amerindian descent who have adopted aspects of Hispanic culture also are beginning to consider themselves "[[mestizo]]". With economic development, access to education, intermarriage, and large-scale migration from rural to urban areas, a more homogeneous '''national culture''' is developing, mainly along the relatively more prosperous coast. Peruvians view themselves as a racially mixed people: a "half indigenous, a third European, a sixth African and one part Asiatic" composition as a "[[melting pot]]" recipe for a Peruvian stew. {{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
+==== Amerindians ====
+'''[[Amerindians]]''' constitute around 45%<ref>Unicef, Atlas sociolingüístico de Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina
+Fichas nacionales [http://www.unicef.org/lac/PERU_revisado.pdf]</ref> of the total population. The two major [[indigenous peoples|indigenous]] or ethnic groups are the [[Quechuas]] (belonging to various cultural subgroups), followed by the [[Aymara people|Aymara]]s, mostly found in the extreme southern Andes. A large proportion of the indigenous population who live in the Andean highlands still speak [[Quechua languages|Quechua]] or [[Aymara language|Aymara]], and have vibrant cultural traditions, some of which were part of the [[Inca Empire]], arguably the most advanced agricultural civilization in the world.
+Literally dozens of indigenous cultures are also dispersed throughout the country beyond the [[Andes Mountains]] in the [[Amazon basin]]. This region is rapidly becoming urbanized. Important urban centers include [[Iquitos]], [[Nauta]], [[Puerto Maldonado]], [[Pucallpa]] and [[Yurimaguas]]. This region is home to numerous [[indigenous people]]s, though they do not constitute a large proportion of the total population. Examples of indigenous peoples residing in eastern Peru include the [[Shipibo]], [[Urarina]],<ref>Dean, Bartholomew 2009 ''Urarina Society, Cosmology, and History in Peruvian Amazonia'', Gainesville: University Press of Florida ISBN 978-081303378 [http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=DEANXS07]</ref> [[Cocama]], and [[Aguaruna]], to name just a few.
+==== Mestizos ====
+[[File:Vargas.JPG|thumb|right|[[Juan Manuel Vargas]]]]
+'''[[Mestizos]]''' compose about 37%<ref name="Universia, Poblacion de Peru"/> of the total population. The term traditionally denotes Amerindian and European ancestry (mostly [[Spanish people|Spaniard]] ancestry and to a lesser degree, [[Italy|Italian]]). This term, was part of the cast classification during colonial times, whereby people of exclusive Spanish descend but born in the colonies were called criollos, people of mixed Amerindian and Spanish descend were called mestizos, those of African and Spanish descend were called mulatos and those of Amerindian and African descend were called zambos. Nowadays, this terms have racist connotations.
+Most Peruvian mestizos are of Amerindian and European descent, but other ethnic backgrounds (such as Asian, Middle Eastern and African) are also present, in varying degrees, in some segments of the mestizo population. Most mestizos are urban dwellers and show stronger European inheritance in regions like [[Lima Region]], [[La Libertad Region]], [[Callao Region]], [[Pasco Region]], [[Cajamarca Region]], and [[Arequipa Region]].
+==== European Peruvian ====
+'''[[Peruvian of European descent|European]]''' descendants constitute around 15%<ref name="Universia, Poblacion de Peru"/> of the total population.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html#People Peru: Ethnic groups]</ref> They are descendants of the [[Spanish people|Spanish]] colonizers and other Europeans such as [[Italian Peruvians|Italians]], [[British Peruvians|British]], [[French Peruvians|French]], [[German Peruvian|Germans]] and [[Croatian Peruvian|Croatians]] (see also [[Croats]]) who arrived in the 19th and 20th centuries. The majority of them live also in the largest cities (like mestizos), usually in the North and Center of Peru: [[Lima]], [[Trujillo, Peru|Trujillo]], [[Chiclayo]], [[Piura]], [[Cajamarca (city)|Cajamarca]] and [[San Martin]]. The only southern city with a significant white population is [[Arequipa]]. Recently, Peru has seen a migration of [[USA|American]] retirees and businessmen come to settle in the country, due to lower cost of living and economic booms in the 1990s and 2000s, though Peru experiences busts in between. {{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
+==== Asian Peruvian ====
+[[File:Chinatown Lima Peru.jpg|thumb|right|Chinatown in Lima]]
+There is also a large presence of '''[[Asian Peruvian]]s''', primarily [[Chinese Peruvian|Chinese]] and [[Japanese Peruvian|Japanese]] along with recent arrived [[Koreans]] and [[Taiwan]]ese immigrants, that constitutes 3% of the population, which in proportion to the overall population is the second largest of any Latin American nation, after [[Panama]]. Peru has the second largest population of people of Japanese descent in Latin America after [[Brazil]] and the largest population of Chinese descent in [[Latin America]]. Historic communities inhabited by people of Chinese descent are found throughout the Peruvian [[upper Amazon]], including cities such as [[Yurimaguas]], [[Nauta]], [[Iquitos]] and the north central coast (Lambayeque and Trujillo).
+In contrast to the Japanese community in Peru, the [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] appear to have intermarried much more since they came to work in the [[rice fields]] during the Viceroyalty and to replace the [[African]] slaves, during the abolition of slavery itself. Despite the presence of Peruvians of Asian heritage being quite recent, in the past decade they have made significant advancements in business and political fields; a past president ([[Alberto Fujimori]]), several past cabinet members, and one member of the Peruvian congress are of Japanese or Chinese origin. Small numbers of [[Arab diaspora|Arab]] Peruvians, mostly of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] and [[Syria]]n origin, and [[Palestinian Peruvian|Palestinians]] also reside, as well a small [[Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin|Hindustani]] and [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] community. {{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
+==== Afro-Peruvain ====
+[[File:Schalke Jefferson Farfan 1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jefferson Farfán]]]]
+The remaining is constituted by '''[[Afro-Peruvian]]s,''' a legacy of Peru's history as an importer of slaves during the colonial period. Today also [[mulatto]]s (mixed African and European) and [[zambos]] (mixed African and Amerindian) constitute an important part of the population as well, especially in [[Piura]], [[Tumbes (city)|Tumbes]], [[Lambayeque]], [[Lima]] and [[Ica region|Ica]] regions. The Afro-Peruvian population is concentrated mostly in coastal cities south of Lima, such as that of those found in the Ica Region, in cities like [[Cañete Province|Cañete]], [[Chincha]], [[Ica (city)|Ica]], [[Nazca]] and [[Acarí]] in the border with the [[Arequipa Region]].
+Another large but poorly promoted segment of Afro-Peruvian presence is in the ''Yunga'' regions (west and just below the Andean chain of northern Peru), (i.e., [[Piura]] and [[Lambayeque]]),  where sugarcane, lemon, and mango production are still of importance. Important communities are found all over the [[Morropón Province]], such as in the city of [[Chulucanas]]. One of them is [[Yapatera]], a community in the same city, as well as smaller farming communities like [[Pabur]] or [[La Matanza]] and even in the mountainous region near [[Canchaque]]. Further south, the colonial city of [[Zaña]] or farming towns like [[Capote]] and [[Tuman]] in [[Lambayeque]] are also important regions with Afro-Peruvian presence.
 ===Immigration after independence===
 {{Main|Immigration to Peru}}
-After independence, there has been a gradual [[European ethnic groups|European]] immigration from England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.<ref>Mario Vázquez, "Immigration and mestizaje in nineteenth-century Peru", pp. 79–81.</ref> [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] arrived in the 1850s as a replacement for slave workers and have since become a major influence in Peruvian society.<ref>Magnus Mörner, ''Race mixture in the history of Latin America'', p. 131.</ref> Other immigrant groups include [[Arabs]] and [[Japanese people|Japanese]].
+After independence, there has been a gradual [[European ethnic groups|European]] immigration from England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Croatia and Spain.<ref>Mario Vázquez, "Immigration and mestizaje in nineteenth-century Peru", pp. 79–81.</ref>
+Polynesians also came to the country lured to work in the Guano islands during the boom years of this commodity around the 1860s. [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] arrived in the 1850s as a replacement for slave workers in the sugar plantations of the north coast and have since become a major influence in Peruvian society.<ref>Magnus Mörner, ''Race mixture in the history of Latin America'', p. 131.</ref> Other immigrant groups include [[Arabs]], [[South Asians]], [[Japanese people|Japanese]] and [[United States|Americans]] from the [[United States]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
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 ==Religions==
-[[Image:SeñordelosMilagrosNazarenas.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Lord of Miracles]]]]
+[[Image:Procesión del Señor de los Milagros.jpg|upright|thumb|100px|[[Lord of Miracles]]]]
 In the 2007 census, 81.3% of the population over 12 years old described themselves as [[Catholic]], 12.5% as [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]], 3.3% as of other denominations, and 2.9% as non-religious.<ref>Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática, ''Perfil sociodemográfico del Perú'', p. 132..</ref> [[Lord of Miracles]]is a mural painted by a black slave in the 17th century of Jesus Christ that is venerated in [[Lima]] and the main Catholic festivity in Peru and one of the biggest processions around the world.
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 ==Culture==
 {{Main|Culture of Peru}}
-[[Image:Cuzqueña2.jpg|upright|thumb|Anonymous [[Cuzco School]] painting, 18th century]]
+[[Image:Cuzqueña2.jpg|upright|thumb|Anonymous|120px|[[Cuzco School]] painting, 18th century]]
 Peruvian culture is primarily rooted in [[Amerindian]] and Spanish traditions,<ref>Víctor Andrés Belaunde, ''Peruanidad'', p. 472.</ref> though it has also been influenced by various African, Asian, and European ethnic groups. [[Peruvian arts|Peruvian artistic traditions]] date back to the elaborate pottery, textiles, jewelry, and sculpture of [[Pre-Inca cultures]]. The Incas maintained these crafts and made [[Architecture of Peru|architectural]] achievements including the construction of [[Machu Picchu]]. [[Baroque]] dominated colonial art, though modified by native traditions.<ref>Gauvin Alexander Bailey, ''Art of colonial Latin America'', pp. 72–74.</ref> During this period, most art focused on religious subjects; the numerous churches of the era and the paintings of the [[Cuzco School]] are representative.<ref>Gauvin Alexander Bailey, ''Art of colonial Latin America'', p. 263.</ref> Arts stagnated after independence until the emergence of ''[[Indigenismo]]'' in the early 20th century.<ref>Edward Lucie-Smith, ''Latin American art of the 20th century'', pp. 76–77, 145–146.</ref> Since the 1950s, Peruvian art has been [[Eclecticism in art|eclectic]] and shaped by both foreign and local art currents.<ref>Damián Bayón, "Art, c. 1920–c. 1980", pp. 425–428.</ref>
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 * [[Asian Peruvian]]
 * [[Afro-Peruvian]]
+* [[Indigenous peoples in Peru|Amerindians]]
-* [[Quechua people|Quechuas]]
-* [[Aymara people|Aymaras]]
 * [[Mestizo]]
 * [[Latin Americans]]