Chinese Peruvians
Chinese Peruvians, also known as tusán (a loanword from Chinese: 土生; pinyin: tǔ shēng; Jyutping: tou2 saang1; lit. 'local born'), are Peruvian citizens whose ancestors came from China.
秘魯華人（秘魯中國人） Tusán (土生) | |
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| Total population | |
| 14,307 by self-reported ancestry 0.06% of Peru's population (2017) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Lima, Huacho, Ica, Piura, Huancayo, Cusco, Moyobamba, Tarapoto, Iquitos | |
| Languages | |
| Peruvian Spanish, Mandarin, Hakka, Cantonese, Hokkien | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Asian Latin Americans, Asian Peruvians |
| Chinese Peruvians | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 秘魯華僑華人 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 秘鲁华侨华人 | ||||||||||
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| Tusán | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 土生 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Local-born | ||||||||||
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Due to acculturation, most third and fourth generation Chinese Peruvians do not speak the language of their Asian ancestors. However, some second generation Chinese Peruvians can speak one or more varieties of Chinese that may include Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka and Minnan (Hokkien), in addition to Spanish.
Outside of the predominant Amerindian, mestizo, white, and black populations, Chinese are estimated to constitute less than 1% of the Peruvian population. In the 2017 Census in Peru, only 14,307 people claimed tusán or Chinese ancestry. However, according to the embassy, it was estimated that 15% (or 4 million) of the 30 million Peruvians had Chinese roots and ancestry, tracing back to the 19th century arrival of 100,000 Chinese immigrants that migrated to Peru and entered relationships with many Peruvian women.