Ethnic Chinese in the Dominican Republic

Chinese in the Dominican Republic
Chinese migrant family in Dominican Republic, circa 1940s.
Total population
60,000
Regions with significant populations
Santo Domingo · Puerto Plata · Samaná.
Languages
Dominican Spanish · Chinese
Religion
Buddhism · Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Chinese Caribbean

The Chinese community in the Dominican Republic forms one of the largest Chinese communities in Latin America. As of 2012, there are over 3,600 recorded Chinese-born Dominican residents.[1][2] Although no official census has been made, there are estimates of approximately 60,000 people of Chinese origin living in the country.[citation needed] Chinese descendants living in the Dominican Republic may be referred as Chinese Dominicans.

  1. ^ "Primera Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes (ENI-2012)" Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (former 'Oficina Nacional de Estadística') & United Nations Population Fund. p. 63. 2012.
  2. ^ Juan Bolívar Díaz (4 May 2013). "RD país de emigrantes más que de inmigrantes" (in Spanish). Hoy. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

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