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This ethnic group has its origins in a group from St. Vincent islands in the Caribbean, who came in 1797. At the 2001 census 46,448 people were registered as Garifuna, 0.8% of the total population of Honduras. [16] The Garifuna speak an Arawakan language. They live along the entire Caribbean coastline of Honduras, and in the Bay Islands.
Honduras, [a] officially the Republic of Honduras, [b] is a country in Central America. ... Race and ethnicity. Ethnic groups in Honduras % [106]
Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Research by Henry Louis Gates and other sources regards their population to be around 1-2%. [2] [3] [4] They descended from: enslaved Africans by the Spanish, as well as those who were enslaved from the West Indies and identify as Creole peoples, and the Garifuna who descend from exiled zambo Maroons from Saint ...
Honduras is a multi-ethnic and multicultural country with a heritage of more than 12 thousand years of history. 8% of the Honduran population is indigenous from different groups or ethnicities that have left their mark on both the culture and the gastronomy of the country.
The wealth of cultural expression in Honduras owes its origins primarily to being a part of Latin America but also to the multi- ethnic nature of the country. The population comprises 90% Mestizo, 7% Amerindian, 2% Black, and 1% Caucasian. [citation needed] This influences all facets of the culture: customs, practices, ways of dressing ...
Central America is a subregion of the Americas [1] formed by six Latin American countries and one (officially) Anglo-American country, Belize.As an isthmus it connects South America with the remainder of mainland North America, and comprises the following countries (from north to south): Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Spaniards in Honduras. Spanish migration to Honduras. Categories: Demographics of Honduras. Ethnic groups in Central America by country. Ethnic groups in North America by country. Ethnic groups by country.
Ethnic groups in Latin America. Benito Juárez was an Amerindian Mexican of Zapotec ancestry. The inhabitants of Latin America are from a variety of ancestries, ethnic groups and races, making the region one of the most diverse in the world. [1] The specific composition of the group varies from country to country.