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PERUVIAN PEOPLE
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Peru is a multiethnic country formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries, so people in Peru usually treat their nationality as a citizenship rather than an ethnicity. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millenn... |
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ETHNIC STRUCTURE OF PERU
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The Peruvian census does not contain information about ethnicity so only rough estimates are available. Its population can be composed of Amerindians: 45%, Mestizos: 37%, European: 15%, Afro-Peruvians: 2%, Asians and others: 1%. Amerindians are found... |
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AMERINDIANS
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Amerindians constitute around 45% 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 o... |
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MESTIZOS
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Mestizos compose about 37% 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, wher... |
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EUROPEAN PERUVIAN
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European descendants constitute around 15% of the total population. 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 centuri... |
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ASIAN PERUVIAN
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There is also a large presence of Asian Peruvians, primarily east Asian 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 secon... |
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AFRO-PERUVAIN
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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... |
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IMMIGRATION AFTER INDEPENDENCE
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After independence, there has been a gradual European immigration from England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Croatia and Spain.Polynesians also came to the country lured to work in the Guano islands during the boom years of this commodity around ... |
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LANGUAGES
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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... |
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RELIGIONS
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The Peruvian government is closely allied with the Catholic Church. Article 50 of the Constitution recognizes the Catholic Church's role as "an important element in the historical, cultural, and moral development of the nation." Catholic clergy and l... |
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