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White Colombians (Spanish: Colombianos Blancos) are Colombians who have total or predominantly European or West Asian ancestry. According to the 2018 census, 87.58% of Colombians do not identify with any ethnic group, being either White or Mestizo (of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry), which are not categorized separately.
White Colombians are mainly of Spanish descent, who arrived in the beginning of the 16th century when Colombia was part of the Spanish Empire. During the 19th and 20th centuries, other European [ 19 ] [ 20 ] and Middle Eastern [ 21 ] peoples migrated to Colombia, notably Italian [ 22 ] [ 23 ] and Lebanese [ 24 ] people but also Irish , [ 25 ...
Many Colombians have origins in the Western Asian countries of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Palestine, It is estimated that Arab Colombians represent 3.2 million people. [52] Many moved to Colombia to escape the repression of the Turkish Ottoman Empire and/or financial hardships. When they were first processed in Colombia's ports, they were ...
Colombian people of note include: Actors. Jorge Enrique Abello (born 1968) Carolina Acevedo (born 1979) Julián Arango (born 1968) ... White Colombians; References
External sources found Mestizos are the main racial group in Colombia, making up between 49% and 60% of country's population. [1] [2] Chibcha mestizos make up around 10 million people or 20% of Colombia’s population. [4] According to Latinobarometro in 2023, 50% of Colombians surveyed self identified as Mestizos. [5]
The remaining people either did not respond or replied that they did not know. In addition to the above statistics, 35.9% of Colombians reported that they did not practice their faith actively. [48] [49] [50] 1,519,562 people in Colombia, or around 3% of the population reported following an indigenous religion.
Piedad Córdoba, an outspoken Colombian lawmaker who for decades championed the rights of her fellow Afro-Colombians while undertaking huge risks as a go-between to leftist rebel groups, has died.
Colombian communities grew significantly in places such as Stamford, Union City and Englewood, New Jersey, Jacksonville, Florida (which attracted a growing number of people from Miami), and Skokie, Evanston, Arlington Heights and Park Ridge. Despite the migration to other areas, the largest communities remained in New York City, Miami, and ...