Huguenots in South Africa
Many people of European heritage in South Africa are descended from Huguenots. Most of these originally settled in the Cape Colony, but were absorbed into the Afrikaner and Afrikaans-speaking population, because they had religious similarities to the Dutch colonists.
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Commemorating 300 years of Huguenot history in South Africa | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Western Cape · Gauteng · Free State · Limpopo | |
| Languages | |
| South African English · French · Afrikaans | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mainly Calvinism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French Canadians (Québécois), Afrikaners, Walloons, Cajuns, Caledonians, French, Louisiana Creoles, Pieds-Noirs, Romands |
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