Afro-Nicaraguans
Afro-Nicaraguans are Nicaraguans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Five main distinct ethnic groups exist: The Creoles who descend from Anglo-Caribbean countries and many of whom still speak Nicaragua English Creole, the Miskito Sambus descendants of Spanish slaves and indigenous Central Americans who still speak Miskito and/or Miskito Coast Creole, the Garifunas descendants of Zambos (Caribs, Arawaks, and shipwrecked maroons) expelled from St. Vincent who speak Garifuna, the Rama Cay zambos a subset of the Miskito who speak Rama Cay Creole, and the descendants of those enslaved by the Spanish.
Afro-Nicaraguan man in Bluefields, Nicaragua. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 294,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly in the Miskito Coast; Bluefields, and in large cities like Managua. A small minority live abroad in the United States, Panama, Costa Rica, and Spain. | |
| Languages | |
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| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, Garifuna, Sumo, Rama and Miskitos cultures. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sub-saharan Africans, Afro-Caribbean, African-Americans. |
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