Hispanic Africa

Not to be confused with Hispanic, Spanish (disambiguation), Spanish Africa (disambiguation), Spanish North Africa (disambiguation), Spanish West Africa, Spanish Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Spanish Tripoli, or Spanish Guinea.

Hispanic Africa (Spanish: Hispanoáfrica)^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][excessive citations]} is a cultural region integrated by the territories and countries of Africa where Spanish has an official presence.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][excessive citations]} The people from this region are called "Hispanic Africans".^[15][16]

Hispanic Africa

The territory is integrated by two countries, Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara (in dispute with Morocco), the territories of Spain which are geographically in Africa and in addition to the areas of Saharawi presence in Algeria. The countries have 1.9 million inhabitants, the Spanish territories 2.3 million and in total both have 4.3 million.

Spanish coexists with other native languages such as Fang and other languages of Equatorial Guinea, while in the Sahara it coexists with Arabic. The predominant religion in Equatorial Guinea is Christianity, especially Catholicism, while in the Sahara it is Islam.

Countries

Spanish dialects in Africa

Country	Population	Size (km2)	Capital	Percentage of Spanish speaking population	GDP	HDI
Equatorial Guinea	1.468.777[17]	28.051	Malabo	87%[18]	25.988	145
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	513.000[19]	266.000	El Aaiún		25.988	207

Territories

• Canary Islands, Spain
• Ceuta, Spain
• Melilla, Spain
• Plazas de soberanía, Spain
• Tindouf Province refugee camps, Algeria

See also

• Saharan Spanish
• Spanish Africa (disambiguation)
• Equatoguinean Spanish
• Canarian Spanish
• Françafrique