Afro-Portuguese
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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(Unknown 149,982 retain one of PALOPs nationalities |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Algarve, Porto Metropolitan Area | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, Africa languages, Portuguese Creole | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism, Sunni Islam and Irreligious minorities |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Afro Brazilians, Cape Verdeans in Portugal, Angolans in Portugal |
(Unknown 149,982 retain one of PALOPs nationalities
Afro-Portuguese, African-Portuguese or Black Portuguese are Portuguese citizens or residents of Portugal with total or partial ancestry from any of the Black ethnic groups of Africa. Most of those perceived as Afro-Portuguese are descent of immigrants from former Portuguese overseas provinces in Africa. Alternatively, Afro-Portuguese may also refer to populations of partial Portuguese descent living throughout Africa.
Afro-Portuguese are descendants or migrants issuing from the former Portuguese African colonies, (Angola, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde and Mozambique), even if residual numbers originate in other Sub-Saharan African countries. The colonies were abolished in 1951, transformed into overseas provinces by the Estado Novo regime and became integral parts of Portugal.
These communities arrived in Portugal after the independence of the African overseas provinces, in 1974–75, mainly after the Portuguese economic growth of the second half of the 1980s. They should not be confused with the population, overwhelmingly white Europeans born in Portugal, that "returned" from the same colonies immediately after their independence, the so-called retornados (Portuguese settlers and descendants of Portuguese settlers born in former African colonies who relocated to Portugal after independence and in second half of the 1980s are also included in this category).
According to the Portuguese Foreigners and Borders Services, in 2006, this is the breakdown of Africans legally in Portugal: (see table)
The Portuguese nationality law privileges Jus sanguinis and a sizable number of Black-Africans in Portugal maintained their respective nationality of origin. In fact, if the nationality law of 1959 was based on the principle of Jus soli, the changes made in 1975 and 1981 changed it to a Jus sanguinis law, thus basically denying the possibility of naturalization not only to first generation migrants, but also to their children and grandchildren. Still according to this legislation, Portuguese nationality was granted to citizens proceeding from Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor, as well as those born under Portuguese administration in the Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu and Macau if legally living in Portugal for six years. All other migrants need to live in the country for period of ten years.
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