Chinese Jamaicans
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 5,228 (2011 census)[1] 75,000[2] (estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jamaica: Kingston Overseas: Toronto (Canada), New York City, South Florida (United States), England (United Kingdom) | |
| Languages | |
| Jamaican English, Jamaican Patois, Hakka; recent immigrants and businesspeople also speak Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (primarily Catholicism and Anglicanism) with some elements of Chinese folk religion,[3] Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hakka people, Ethnic Chinese in Panama, Jamaican Americans, Jamaican Canadians |
Chinese Jamaicans are Jamaicans of Chinese ancestry, which include descendants of migrants from China to Jamaica. Early migrants came in the 19th century; there was another wave of migration in the 1980s and 1990s
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "2011 Census of Population & Housing, Population by sex and Ethnic Origin by Parish (P. 72)". issuu.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ↑ Joshua Project. "Han Chinese, Haalli in Jamaica". Joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ↑ Shibata 2006
