(or the second, if taking into account Arthur Chung). Brazil is home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan, numbering about 1.7 million with ancestry alone. Brazil is also home to 10,000 Indians, 5,000 Vietnamese, 4,500 Afghans, 2,900 Indonesians and 1,000 Filipinos. Korean people are the third largest group of Asian Latin Americans. The largest community of this group is in Brazil (specially in Southeast region) with a population of 51,550. The second largest is in Argentina, with a population of 23,603 and with active Koreatowns in Buenos Aires. More 10,000 in Guatemala, and Mexico, This last with active communities in Monterrey, Guadalajara, Yucatan and Mexico City. More than 1,000 in Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Honduras and Peru where Jung Heung-won, a Korean Peruvian, was elected mayor in City of Chanchamayo. He is the first Mayor of Korean origin in Peru and all of Latin America. There are small and important communities (less 1,000 peoples) in Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Puerto Rico and Haiti. Emigrant communities Japan Japanese Brazilian immigrants to Japan numbered 250,000 in 2004, constituting Japan's second-largest immigrant population. Their experiences bear similarities to those of Japanese Peruvian immigrants, who are often relegated to low income jobs typically occupied by foreigners. United States In the 2000 US Census, 119,829 Hispanic or Latino Americans identified as being of Asian race alone. In 2006 the Census Bureau's American Community Survey estimated them at 154,694, while its Population Estimates, which are official, put them at 277,704. Composition Notable persons Argentina Juliana Awada, former First Lady of Argentina, Lebanese Argentine. Carlos Balá, actor of Lebanese descent. Yamila Diaz-Rahi, model of Lebanese descent. Dumbfoundead, rapper Argentine-born Korean American Rapper. Liu Song, table tennis player; Chinese Argentine. Ignacio Huang, actor; Taiwanese Argentine. Hoshitango Imachi, ex-sumo wrestler, Japanese Argentine. Mario Alberto Ishii, political and mayor of the region José C. Paz, Japanese Argentine. , actress and model, Korean Argentine. Chang Sung Kim, actor, Korean Argentine. María Kodama, writer of Japanese descent. , martial artist, Japanese Argentine. "Señorita Lee"; model, actress and television host; Korean Argentine. , martial artist, Japanese Argentine. Carlos Menem, lawyer and politician, former president of Argentina, Syrian Argentine. Eduardo Menem, politician and brother of Carlos Menem, Syrian Argentine. Jessica Michibata, fashion model; Japanese Argentine. producer and TV director, Japanese Argentine. Leonardo Nam, actor; Korean Argentine. Jae Park, Korean American singer-songwriter born in Argentina. , painter, Japanese Argentine.