Editing Cape Coloureds (section)

{{Short description|Ethnic group in South Africa}}
{{about|the ethnic group originating in the Cape|the broader group of mixed-race people in South Africa|Coloureds}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Cape Coloureds
| native_name      = ''Kaapse Kleurlinge'' ([[Afrikaans]])
| native_name_lang = af
| image            = South_Africa_2011_Coloured_population_proportion_map.svg
| image_caption    = Proportion of Coloured South Africans in each municipality according to the census
| pop              = {{increase}} '''5,052,349''' ([[2022 South African census|2022 census]])<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=10 October 2023 |title=Census 2022: Statistical Release |url=https://census.statssa.gov.za/assets/documents/2022/P03014_Census_2022_Statistical_Release.pdf |access-date=12 October 2023 |website=statssa.gov.za |page=6}}</ref><br />{{increase}} 8.15% of South Africa's population
| popplace         = Mainly in the [[Western Cape]], [[Northern Cape]] and to a lesser extent in the [[Eastern Cape]]
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| rels             = [[Christianity in South Africa|Christian]] (80%, largely [[Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa|Dutch Reformed]], [[Anglican Church of Southern Africa|Anglican]], [[Catholic Church in South Africa|Roman Catholic]]), [[Islam in South Africa|Muslim]] (5%, largely [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mixedfolks.com/africa.htm |title=The Coloureds of Southern Africa |publisher=MixedFolks.com |access-date=2009-10-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517044216/http://www.mixedfolks.com/africa.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref>
| langs            = Majority: [[Afrikaans]]<br />Minority: [[South African English|English]]
| related          = [[Afrikaners]], [[Khoisan]], [[Basters]], [[Oorlam]], [[Griqua people]], [[Cape Malays]], [[Bantu peoples of South Africa]], [[Indian South Africans]], [[Malagasy people]]
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'''Cape Coloureds''' ({{Langx|af|Kaapse Kleurlinge}}) are a [[South Africans|South African]] group of [[Coloureds|Coloured people]] who are from the Cape region in South Africa which consists of the [[Western Cape]], [[Northern Cape]] and the [[Eastern Cape]]. Their ancestry comes from the interracial mixing between the [[White South Africans|European]], the [[Khoisan|indigenous Khoi and San]], the [[Xhosa people|Xhosa]] plus other [[Bantu peoples|Bantu people]], indentured labourers imported from the [[British Raj]], slaves imported from the [[Dutch East Indies]], immigrants from the [[Levant]] or [[Yemen]] (or a combination of all).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-cape-coloureds-are-a-mix-of-everything/ |title=The Cape Coloureds are a mix of everything |publisher=Discover Magazine |date=16 June 2011 |access-date=2013-01-26 |first=Razib |last=Khan |archive-date=28 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128004817/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2011/06/the-cape-coloureds-are-a-mix-of-everything/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eventually, all these ethnic and racial groups intermixed with each other, forming a group of mixed-race people that became the "Cape Coloureds".
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