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Total population | ||||||||||
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( Spain Estimated at 683,000.) | ||||||||||
Regions with significant populations | ||||||||||
Andalusia, Catalonia, the Balearics, the Canaries, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia | ||||||||||
Languages | ||||||||||
Spanish; English, French, Portuguese, various languages of Africa | ||||||||||
Religion | ||||||||||
Predominantly Christian (mainly Roman Catholic), Sunni Islam, Traditional African religions, others, nonreligious | ||||||||||
Related ethnic groups | ||||||||||
African people, Spanish Equatoguinean, Cape Verdean Spanish, Afro-European |
Afro-Spaniards are Spanish nationals of West/Central African descent. They today mainly come from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Mali and Senegal. Additionally, many Afro-Spaniards born in Spain are from the former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea.