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Indian South Africans
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"Asian South Africans" redirects here. For other usages of the term, see Asian (South Africa).
Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The majority live in and around the city of Durban, making it one of the largest ethnically Indian-populated cities outside of India.[4]
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Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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c. 1,905,506[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Cape Town • Durban • Johannesburg • Pretoria • Pietermaritzburg | |
Languages | |
South African English • Afrikaans • Hindi–Urdu • Tamil • Telugu • Bhojpuri (Naitali) • Awadhi • Gujarati • Kutchi • Bengali • Sindhi • Memoni • Konkani • Marathi • Malayalam • Kannada • Tulu • Punjabi • Marwari • Odia • Other languages of the Indian subcontinent[2] | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, others[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa, Indo-Mauritians, Indo-Fijians, Indo-Caribbeans, Indian Singaporeans, Malaysian Indians, Indian people, Indian diaspora |
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<1 /km²
1–3 /km²
3–10 /km²
10–30 /km²
30–100 /km²
100–300 /km²
300–1000 /km²
1000–3000 /km²
>3000 /km²
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0–20%
20–40%
40–60%
70–80%
80–100%
As a consequence of the policies of apartheid, Indian (synonymous with Asian)[5][6][7] is regarded as a race group in South Africa.[8][9]