Haitians in the Dominican Republic

Haitians in the Dominican Republic
Total population
Total population of Haitian ancestry
800,000~ (2008)[1]
Residents of the Dominican Republic born in Haiti
458,233 (2013)[2]
(5% of the Dominican population)
Dominicans born to both a Haitian and a Dominican parent
105,381 (2012)[3]
(1% of the Dominican population)
Haitians born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian parents
104,531 (2013)[2]
(1% of the Dominican population)
Regions with significant populations
The borderland, the North-Western Cibao valley, and the Southeastern (including Santo Domingo) region[4]
Languages
First language: Haitian Creole (96.3%), Spanish (1.7%), French (1.5%)[5]
Speak Spanish: 73.8%[5]
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Adventism, Haitian Vodou, Other[6]

The Haitian minority of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Haitianos en la República Dominicana; Haitian Creole: Ayisyen nan Dominikani; French: Haïtiens en République dominicaine) is the largest ethnic minority in the Dominican Republic since the early 20th century.

  1. ^ Pina, Diógenes. "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Deport Thy (Darker-Skinned) Neighbour". Inter Press Service (IPS). Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. ^ a b Viviano de León (2 May 2013). "Determinan que en RD residen 524 mil 632 inmigrantes de los que el 87.3% son haitianos" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Listín Diario. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ^ Primera Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes (ENI-2012)
  4. ^ ENI-2012 P. 75
  5. ^ a b ENI-2012 P. 163
  6. ^ ENI-2012 P. 129