Afro-Hispanic people

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Afro-Hispanic people
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Notable Afro-Hispanic Americans:
Celia Cruz, Nicolás Guillén, Piedad Córdoba, Christina Milian
Total population
Sub Saharan African
>20,000,000 Afro Hispanics
Regions with significant populations
 Dominican Republic 9,455,071
 Colombia 4,311,757 [1]
 Cuba 1,126,894
 United States 984,151
 Puerto Rico 875,662
 Peru 871,427
 Ecuador 680,000
 Nicaragua 520,786
 Panama 460,977
 Spain 275,000
 Uruguay 200,000
 Venezuela 181,157 [2]
 Honduras 152,787
 Costa Rica 125,877
 Bolivia 108,000
 Mexico 103,000
 Argentina 100,000
 Guatemala 100,000
Languages

Spanish, English creole
Religion

Christianity, Afro-American religion, Islam
Related ethnic groups

African diaspora, African Latin American

An Afro-Hispanic American (also Afro-Hispanic) is an Hispanic American with black African ancestry. They are more common in the Hispanic Caribbean and Northern South America. There are many communities of full and partial black African ancestry in those regions, such as the Mulattos, Mestizos, Zambos, Muzambos, etc.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Resultado Basico del Censo general 2005, (p. 12).
  2. ^ Resultado Basico del XIV Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2011, (p. 15).


See also[edit]
By geography
Hispanic America
Other countries
Oceania
Diaspora-wide issues
1An Afro-Latin American is any person from Latin America with origins in Africa. They can be Afro-South Americans or Afro Central Americans. An African Caribbean is any person from Caribbean with origins in Africa.
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