Many of them came from Africa, from places like Angola or Senegambia, while others came from the Caribbean. In Honduras, slaves played an important role in the mining industry. Shortly thereafter, Berdales was awarded with his freedom. One of the first African slaves who arrived in Honduras, Juan Bardales, participated in the Spanish conquest of the province, especially in Trujillo. In total it is about 884,000 Hondurans of African descent which is an estimate of Garifunas and Africans all together (according to Afro-Latin Americans). The total of Garifuna, Creole, and African population estimation is about 3,000,000 with about 30% estimation of Honduras, Which makes Honduras have the highest population of blacks in Central America. Honduras has one of the largest African community in Latin America. About 600,000 Hondurans are from Garífuna descent that are a mix of African and indigenous as of Afro Latin Americans. Garifunas arrived in the late seventeen hundreds and the Creole peoples arrived during the eighteen hundreds. The Creole people were originally from Jamaica and other Caribbean islands, while the Garifuna people were originally from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 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 Vincent. Estimates vary with concervative estimates ranging as low as 1% and higher estimates ranging to 30%.
The CIA world factbook regards their population to be around 2% of the country's population, while other sources estimate the percentage of Afro-Hondurans as being 10% the latter number including Garifunas.
Majority: Spanish Minority: Garifuna, Miskito, and Bay Islands EnglishĪfro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent.
Afro-Honduran girl from La Mosquita, Honduras.Ħ00,000 Hondurans of Garífuna descent (8% of Honduras) ContentsĨ84,000 in Total (10% of Honduras being Africans, and Garifunas) Ĭreole people: Bay Islands and some Caribbean coastal Honduran cities like Puerto Cortes, Tela and La Ceiba Garifuna people: Roatan Island, Trujillo, Colon, Santa Fe, Colon, La Ceiba, TelaĪfrican people: La Ceiba, Roatan, Trujillo, Gracias a Dios, El progreso, Islas de la bahia, La Paz, Olancho, Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula,and Tela
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