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![]() Afro-Peruvian dancers from the annual festival in Chincha, Fiestichincha. (2017) | |
Total population | |
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828,841 (self-identified in 2017 census) 3.57% of Peru's population[1] Other estimates: 2,850,000 9%[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Lima, Piura, Lambayeque, Tumbes and Ica | |
Languages | |
Spanish | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism Protestantism, Buddhism, Animism, Other | |
Related ethnic groups | |
African people, African diaspora in the Americas, black Latin American and Peruvian people |
Black Peruvians or Afro-Peruvians are Peruvians of mostly or partially African descent. They mostly descend from enslaved Africans brought to Peru after the arrival of the conquistadors.[3][4]