Afro-Hispanic people

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Afro-Hispanic people

Notable Afro-Hispanic Americans: Celia Cruz, Nicolás Guillén, Piedad Córdoba, Christina Milian
Total population
Sub Saharan African >32,650,000 Afro Hispanics
Regions with significant populations
Colombia 11,703,555  Dominican Republic 9,455,071  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 [1]  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, Islamic and Others
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.

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