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According to the 2017 Peruvian Census, 828,841 or 3.6% Peruvians identified as "Black", the term used for people of unmixed African descent, while together with the Mulatos and Zambos they would be a total of 9% of the Peruvian population (2,850,000). [15]
The remaining is constituted by Afro-Peruvians, a legacy of Peru's history as an importer of slaves during the colonial period. Today mulattos (mixed African and European) and zambos (mixed African and Amerindian) also constitute an important part of the population, especially in Piura , Tumbes , Lambayeque , Lima and Ica regions.
Peruvian people of African descent (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "African diaspora in Peru" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. Black Peruvians; A. Afro ...
Afro-Peruvian man in El Carmen near Chincha. Some sources classified Afro-Peruvians around to 9% of the Peruvian population (2,850 million) [86] Over the course of the slave trade, approximately 95,000 slaves were brought into Peru, with the last group arriving in 1850. Today, Afro-Peruvians reside mainly on the central and south coasts.
The first black inhabitants were brought to Peru with the establishment of the Spanish Empire in the current Peruvian territories, who took them as slaves to work productive activities where a strong workforce was required, in the case of men, such as mining and agriculture, and women to work in the domestic service of the most affluent classes ...
In the two months since Peru's leftist former president Pedro Castillo was arrested, driven from office and replaced by his vice-president, Dina Boluarte, protests in the South American nation ...
Pages in category "Peruvian people of African descent" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
As is typical in times of demographic change, some Peruvians objected to such marriages on racial grounds. [25] When native Peruvian women (cholas et natives, Indias, indígenas) and Chinese men had mixed children, the children were called injerto. As adults, injerto women were preferred by Chinese men as spouses, as they had shared ancestry. [25]