!!!Pozuzo

Pozuzo, Peru, Departamento Pasco, district of Pozuzo, alt. 750 m, 
pop. about 700 (in 1988), district capital on Rio Huancabamba at the 
eastern fringe of the highlands in north-western Peru. Founded in 1859 
by 150 Tyroleans (and Rhinelanders), who had emigrated from the Upper 
Inn Valley in 1857. - School, power station (built with Austrian 
assistance). The present Austrian and German population in the 
district amounts to about 1,200-2,000 persons. As it has been 
accessible by road since 1975, many people have moved there from all 
parts of Peru and the German population has become a minority. Main 
income: agriculture (maize, fruit, coffee, tobacco, animal husbandry); 
earlier also coca growing. "Freundeskreis fuer Pozuzo" 
("Friends of Pozuzo", founded in 1983) domiciled in Silz 
(Tyrol).

!Literature
W. Schabus, Pozuzo. Varietaetenausgleich und Sprachkontakt 
in einer deutschen Sprachinsel in Peru, 1990; idem, Beobachtungen zu 
Sprachkontakt, Varietaetenausgleich, Sprachloyalitaet und 
Sprachwechsel in Pozuzo (Peru) und bei den "Landlern" in 
Siebenbuergen, 1994; G. Steinboeck, Weltweit Freunde, 1992.


%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Pozuzo|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]