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Honduras ETHNIC GROUPS
Around 90 percent of the population in Honduras is
racially
mestizo (people of mixed indigenous and European
ancestry). The
remainder of the population is composed of indigenous
natives (7
percent); people of African descent, or blacks (2
percent); and
those of European descent, or whites (1 percent).
Mestizos, whites,
and most blacks are culturally ladinos (those who practice
Hispanic
cultural patterns). Ladinos speak Spanish, and the
majority are
members of the Roman Catholic Church, although Protestant
denominations made significant gains in membership among
this group
in the 1980s, especially in the larger cities.
Data as of December 1993
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