Ethnic Groups in Nicaragua: Mestizo, Garifuna, Miskito, Chinese Nicaraguan, Palestinian Nicaraguan, Rama People, Sumo People

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mestizo, Garifuna, Miskito, Chinese Nicaraguan, Palestinian Nicaraguan, Rama People, Sumo People, Awas Tingni. Excerpt: Awas Tingni is a small indigenous Mayagna native American community of some 1,100 members on the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua , in the municipality of Puerto Cabezas in the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte . The community was involved in landmark human rights judgment against the Nicaraguan government, in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights established the right of indigenous communities to their land as a basic human right.References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Spanish , Mandarin , Cantonese , others item Religion item Buddhism , Christianity , others item Related ethnic groups item Chinese Cubans , Overseas Chinese end{sloppypar Chinese Nicaraguans (Simplified Chinese : Pinyin : níjilgu huá rén Spanish : Chino Nicaragüense ) are Nicaraguans of Chinese ancestry who immigrated to or born in Nicaragua . They are part of the ethnic Chinese diaspora (or Overseas Chinese ).Chinese people first arrived in Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast in the latter part of the 19th century, and most of them settled in cities such as Bluefields , El Bluff , Laguna de Perlas , and Puerto Cabezas . The Chinese immigrants dominated the commerce of the main coastal towns on the Caribbean coast prior to 1879. Then in the late 19th century, they began migrating to the Pacific lowlands of the country. History The Chinese were thought to have arrived in Nicaragua in the late 19th century, the majority of which came from China ‘s Gungdng () province. This supposition remained unsubstantiated until the second census (in 1920) revealed that 400 citizens of Chinese nationality lived in Nicaragua. According to documents, the population of Puerto Cabezas i…

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