Peruvians of European descent explained

Group:European Peruvians
Peruanos europeos
Pop:1,366,931 (2017 census)[1]
5.89% of the Peru's population
Popplace:Principally in La Libertad, Cajamarca, Piura, Lima, Lambayeque, Oxapampa and Arequipa .
Langs:SpanishOther European languages

European Peruvians, also known as White Peruvians, are Peruvians who have predominantly or total European ancestry (formerly called Criollos or Castizos in the viceregal era). Traditionally, this group had been more dominant in the political, commercial, and diplomatic sectors of Peruvian society. According to the most recent 2017 census where ethnic self-identification was used, it makes up about 5.9% of the total population aged 12 years and above of Peru.[2]

History

European immigration to Peru began with the Spanish colonization of the Americas and continued during the Republic of Peru in the 19th century with the immigration of people from other countries of Europe (especially, Spain, Italy,[3] Portugal,[4] [5] France,[6] England and Germany, among others).[7]

Spanish

See main article: Spanish immigration to Peru. Spanish settlement of Peru began in the early 1530s (continuing until 1821 as a viceroyalty of Spain) and continues to the present day. Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro founded the first Spanish settlement in Peru, San Miguel de Piura in July 1532.[8] [9] According to historian Napoleón Cieza Burga, the conquistador Diego de Almagro founded the second Spanish settlement of Trujillo in November 1534 and one of the first cities in the Americas founded by the Spanish conquistadors.[10] calling it "Villa Trujillo de Nueva Castilla" (Trujillo of New Castile) after Trujillo, the birthplace of Francisco Pizarro.[11]

Spanish cultural influence is the most notable of all European cultural groups in Peruvian culture. Spanish heritage has left an indelible mark in the country and signs of this cultural exchange can be found everywhere, from the official language, the dominant Roman Catholic religion, bullfighting, musical genres to the local culinary styles.[12]

Italians

See main article: Italian Peruvians. Among Peruvians of European descent, Italians were the second largest group of immigrants to settle in the country.[13] Italian immigration in Peru began in the colonial era, during the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru.[14] However, the peak of Italian immigrants occurred after Peruvian independence, between 1840 and 1880, with the guano export boom.[15]

British

See main article: British Peruvians. One cultural influence is Inca Kola, a soft drink that was created in Peru in 1935 by an English immigrant Joseph Robinson Lindley. In 1911, in Rímac, one of Lima's oldest and most traditional neighborhoods, an English family began a small bottling company under their family name, Lindley. In 1928, the company was formally chartered in Peru as Corporación José R. Lindley S.A., whereupon Joseph R. Lindley became its first General Manager.[16] [17] [18] Today it is still a family business with the great-grandson Johnny Lindley Suarez being the current president.[19]

Geographical distribution

According to the 2017 census 5.9% or 1.3 million (1,336,931) people 12 years of age and above self-identified as white. There were 619,402 (5.5%) males and 747,528 (6.3%) females. This was the first time a question for ethnic origins had been asked. The regions with the highest proportion of self-identified whites were in La Libertad Region (10.5%), Tumbes Region and Lambayeque Region (9.0% each), Piura Region (8.1%), Callao (7.7%), Cajamarca Region (7.5%), Lima Province (7.2%), Lima Region (6.0%), Ica Region and Ancash Region (5.8% each), and Arequipa Region (4.9%).[20]

Population by region, 2017
RegionPopulation%
La Libertad144,60610.5%
Tumbes15,3839.0%
Lambayeque83,9089.0%
Piura114,6828.1%
Callao61,5767.7%
Cajamarca76,9537.5%
Lima Province507,0397.2%
Lima43,0746.0%
Ica38,119 5.8%
Ancash49,1755.8%
Arequipa55,0934.9%
12,4704.4%
24,1304.4%
San Martín24,5164.0%
Moquegua5,7034.0%
Pasco7,448 3.8%
Junín34,7003.6%
3,4443.3%
8,6783.2%
Ucayali8,2832.3%
Ayacucho9,5162.0%
Huancavelica5,2222.0%
Loreto11,8841.9%
Cusco12,4581.3%
Apurímac3,0341.0%
5,8370.6%
Republic of Peru1,336,9315.9%

Origins

The following European ethnic backgrounds form the majority of white Peruvians: Spanish, Italian, German (includes Poles due to the partitions of Poland), French, British, Croatian, and Irish. Peru is also home to some 2,600 Jews, whose ancestors came (mainly) from Germany, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova and Russia, among others.[21]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico . 214 . Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 5 February 2020.
  2. Web site: Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico . 214 . Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. 11 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Inmigración italiana al Perú . 2022-08-04 . www.espejodelperu.com.pe.
  4. Barreto . Gleydi Sullón . 2016 . La presencia femenina entre los inmigrantes portugueses en Lima en el siglo XVII . Revista Complutense de Historia de América . es . 42 . 267–292 . 10.5209/RCHA.53719 . 1988-270X. free .
  5. Web site: Embajada del Peru en la Republica Portuguesa - Historia . 2022-08-04 . www.embaixadaperu.pt.
  6. Riviale . Pascal . 2007-05-08 . Los franceses en el Perú en el siglo XIX: retrato de una emigración discreta . Bulletin de l'Institut français d'études andines . 36 . es . 1 . 109–121 . 10.4000/bifea.4627 . 0303-7495. free .
  7. Web site: Cervantes . Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de . Historia de la conquista del Perú y de Pizarro / Henri Lebrun; traducida ...por J.R. . 2022-08-04 . Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes . es.
  8. Hemming, J., 1970, The Conquest of the Incas, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.,
  9. Book: Box, Ben . The South American Handbook . 2004 . . 978-1-903471-70-8 . 1132 . 80 . South American Handbook .
  10. Book: Prescott, W. H. . 2011 . The History of the Conquest of Peru . Digireads.com . 978-1-420-94114-2.
  11. News: Napoleón Cieza Burga: Fundación de Trujillo no fue el 5 de marzo. La Industria. April 27, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509105115/http://laindustria.pe/trujillo/local/cieza-fundacion-de-trujillo-no-fue-el-5-de-marzo. May 9, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
  12. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y96z8U4c6IoC&q=spanish+settlers+in+peru History of How the Spaniards Arrived in Peru: Relasçion de como los ...
  13. Pera. Mario. 2011-12-31. Fare l'America or Learn to Live in it? Italian Immigration in Peru. Diasporas. Circulations, migrations, histoire. en. 19. 62–71. 10.4000/diasporas.1809. 1637-5823. free.
  14. Web site: Patrucco. Sandro. 2005. Italianos en la Lima Borbónica, su presencia e inserción en la Sociedad Virreinal (1700-1800). Tesis Pucp, Universidad Católica del Peru. Spanish.
  15. Web site: ANDAR PER MARI: STORIA DI MIGRANTI IN PERÙ. 30 October 2023. it.
  16. Web site: Empresas Transnacionales en el Perú: Breve Reseña Histórica. Transnational Companies in Peru: Brief Historical Review. es. PLADES . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111022043300/http://sisviso.plades.org.pe/sisviso/empresas.jsp?idempresaf=F0003 . October 22, 2011 . April 10, 2020.
  17. Web site: Directorio de las principales empresas y entidades del Perú: Corporacion Jose R. Lindley .S.A.. Directory of the main companies and entities of Peru: Corporation Jose R. Lindley .S.A.. es. January 11, 2012. CreditosPeru.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100731020016/http://www.creditosperu.com.pe/pp-corporacion-jose-r-lindley-s-a.php. July 31, 2010.
  18. Web site: Corporación José R. Lindley S.A.. Inca Kola.
  19. Web site: Corporación José R. Lindley S.A.. es. 6 March 2020.
  20. Web site: Carlos Miranda Loayza. Daniel Abuhadba Rodrigues. Inmigración Europea al Perú. European immigration to Peru. es. espejodelperu.com.pe. 2007. 18 January 2016.
  21. Web site: Peru. Jewish Virtual Library.