Black Peruvians

Black Peruvians
Afro-Peruvian dancers from the annual festival in Chincha, Fiestichincha. (2017)
Total population
828,841 (self-identified in 2017 census) 3.57% of Peru's population[1]
Other estimates: 2,850,000 9%[2]
Regions with significant populations
Lima, Piura, Lambayeque, Tumbes and Ica
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Protestantism, Buddhism, Animism, Other
Related ethnic groups
African people, African diaspora in the Americas, black Latin American and Peruvian people

Black Peruvians or Afro-Peruvians are Peruvians of mostly or partially African descent. They mostly descend from enslaved Africans brought to Peru after the arrival of the conquistadors.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. p. 216.
  2. ^ "Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI" (in Spanish). 2005. p. 228. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ^ "After Decades of Erasure, Afro-Peruvians Will Finally be Counted in the National Census". 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Peru's minorities battle racism". BBC News. 13 June 2010.

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