Afro-Salvadorans
Ethnic group in El Salvador / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Afro Salvadorans are Salvadorans of Sub-Saharan African descent. They are the descendants of slaves brought to El Salvador via the Trans-atlantic slave trade during the colonial Spanish era.[4]
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Total population | |
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7,441 (0.13% self-identified in 2007 census)[1][2][3] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Sonsonate, Ahuachapán, San Miguel, and La Unión | |
Languages | |
Majority: Spanish Minority: English (usually as an L2) | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism • Protestantism • Afro-American religions | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Afro-Latin Americans, Afro-Caribbean, Garifuna |
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