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The census in Ecuador is conducted every ten years, and its objective is to obtain the number of people residing within its borders. The current census now includes household information. The most recent census (as of 2011) emphasized reaching rural and remote areas to map the most accurate population count in the country.
Afro-Ecuadorians are an ethnic group in Ecuador who are descendants of enslaved sub-Saharan Africans brought by the Spanish during their conquest of Ecuador from the Incas. They make up from 3% to 5% of Ecuador's population. [25] [26] Ecuador has a population of about 1,120,000 descendants from sub-Saharan African people.
South America is also home to 124 million Castizo, Mestizo or Caboclo people (citizens whose DNA is mostly European spanning from 65 to 90% European genes with considerable Indigenous admixture) and 27 million people with pure Indigenous extraction, mostly found in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, South of Colombia and parts of Chile and Northwest ...
Major shipments of oil were put into action in 1972 after the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline was finished. In the years of production business in oil production increased rapidly and Ecuador soon became the second largest producer of oil in South America. [29] Texaco's contract for oil production in Ecuador expired in 1992.
Colombian government acknowledges three ethnic minority groups: Afro Colombians, Indigenous, and Romani. In difference, the non-ethnic population are mestizos and whites, who make up 86% of the Colombian population in the 2005 census. Mestizos and whites live in urban areas, mainly in the Andean highlands.
The following is a list of indigenous peoples of South America. ... Las Vegas culture, coastal Ecuador, 8000 BCE–4600 BCE; Lauricocha culture, Peru, ...
Benito Juárez was an Amerindian Mexican of Zapotec ancestry.. Latin America's population is composed of a diverse mix of ancestries and ethnic groups, including Indigenous peoples, Europeans, Africans, Asians, and those of mixed heritage, making it one of the most ethnically diverse regions globally. [1]
Ethnic groups in Ecuador (6 C, 19 P) ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in South America" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.