Chinese people in Réunion
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Chinois, also referred to by the Réunion Creole name Sinwa or Sinoi, are ethnic Chinese residing in Réunion, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean.[5][6] As of 2000,[7] roughly 25,000 or more lived on the island, making them one of the region's largest Chinese communities along with Chinese South Africans, Chinese people in Madagascar, and Sino-Mauritians.[8][9]
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Total population | |
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25,000 or more (2000)[1] | |
Languages | |
French, Réunion Creole; Chinese (predominantly Hakka and Cantonese) spoken only by members of older generations[2] | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism · Mahayana Buddhism[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Sino-Mauritians[4] |
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