Total population | |
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1,322,625 (Of those ~300,000 are Black Sub-Saharan African) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Andalusia, Catalonia, the Balearics, the Canaries, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia | |
Languages | |
Spanish; English, French, Portuguese, various languages of Africa | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Christian (mainly Roman Catholic), Sunni Islam, Traditional African religions, others, nonreligious | |
Related ethnic groups | |
African people, Spanish Equatoguinean, Cape Verdean Spanish, Afro-European |
Afro-Spaniards are Spanish people of African descent namely Black or Black of mixed ancestry. The term may include Spaniards of any African background who are considered to be Black or of Black mixed ancestry mainly those of Afro-Caribbean, African American or Afro Latin American descent. The specific number of Afro-Spaniards is unknown[dubious – discuss] because the Spanish government does not collect data on ethnicity or racial self-identification.
In 2008, the largest numbers of African immigrants came from Morocco (71,141), Senegal (10,568), Algeria (5,592), Nigeria (4,855), Mali (3,502), Gambia (2,512), Equatorial Guinea (2,213), Ghana (1,922), Guinea (1,729), and Mauritania (1,577).[1]
Ceuta y Melilla are autonomous cities in Spain and not dependent of Andalusian Community. They have been Spaniards cities since centuries before the Moroccan Kingdom was founded.