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Vizcarra (sometimes spelled as "Viscarra") is a Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
surname
Surname
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which originated in the town of Guernica, Spain
Spain
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. This surname is mostly found in the Basque country, Mexico
Mexico
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, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, Bolivia
Bolivia
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and the Philippines
Philippines
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In Basque, "Bizkarra" means "back" or "shoulder".
Personalities
- Carlos Flores Vizcarra. Consulate of Mexico in PhoenixPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
(U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
). - Carlos Vizcarra. President of Amerco Real Estate, the real estate arm of Amerco, the parent company of U-HaulU-HaulU-Haul International, Inc. is an American equipment rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945. The company was founded by Leonard Shoen U-Haul International, Inc. is an American equipment rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation...
Int. Amerco/U-Haul is North America’s largest “do-it-yourself” moving and storage operator and Amerco Real Estate manages all U-Haul properties as well as oversees their acquisition, sale, and construction of moving and storage centers. Also known as "U-Haul Real Estate." http://realestate.uhaul.com - Dr. Fernando Vizcarra. Physician and inventor of medical equipment, founder of Equipos Médicos Vizcarra
- Joan VizcarraJoan VizcarraJoan Vizcarra Carreras is a Catalan-Spanish cartoonist. He has several books published by the Spanish language satirical magazine ....
, Spanish cartoonist - José VizcarraJosé VizcarraJosé Nicolás Vizcarra is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Gimnasia de La Plata.- Career :Vizcarra played for the Rosario Central youth team until 2006 when he was loaned to Socio Aguila FC and then Club Zacatepec in Mexico, in 2007 he was loaned to LDU Quito.In 2007 Vizcarra...
. Soccer player for the Canalla team in ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... - Manuel VizcarraManuel VizcarraManuel Vizcarra was a Mexican judge and founder of the city of Mexicali now the state capital of the state of Baja California .In 1901, Manuel Vizcarra was named Justice of the Peace for the town that would become Mexicali. The group of homes was part of the town of Los Algodones...
. Founder of the city of MexicaliMexicaliMexicali is the capital of the State of Baja California, seat of the Municipality of Mexicali, and 2nd largest city in Baja California. The City of Mexicali has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the population of the entire metropolitan area reaches 936,826.The city...
, capital of the northwestern Mexican state of Baja CaliforniaBaja CaliforniaBaja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
. - Juan José Vizcarra Peruvian President of associations that fought terrorism and kidnapping in Perú during the 1980 and 1990.