 Afro-Salvadorans, Mestizos and indigenous Salvadorans gathered in Zacatecoluca during Dia de la Afrodecendencia Salvadoreña. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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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- ^ "AFROMESTIZO :: African Heritage of Central America :: El Salvador :: Lest We Forget". Lestweforget.hamptonu.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-22.