Afro-Arubans
| Languages | |
|---|---|
| Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Curaçaoan, African people, Afro-Venezuelans |
Afro-Arubans are Arubans of predominantly African ancestry. Afro-Arubans are a minority ethnic group in Aruba, representing 15% of Aruba's population. Many Afro-Arubans live in Aruba's second largest city, San Nicolaas, located on the southern tip of the island.
While Aruba had enslaved Africans, they were in smaller numbers as the island had very few slave-based plantations due to its poor soil and arid climate. Most Afro-Arubans today descend from nearby Caribbean islands and nations such as Sint Maarten, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, the Lesser Antilles and South America.