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