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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. [50] 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 ...
A 1999 resolution of the Ministry of the Interior and Justice acknowledged the Romani population as a Colombian ethnic group, although Romani people were not recognized in the 1991 constitution (unlike the Afro-Colombian and indigenous populations). Estimates vary widely, but the 2018 census found that the ethnic minority populations had ...
Colombian people of note include: Actors. Jorge Enrique Abello (born 1968) Carolina Acevedo (born 1979) Julián Arango (born 1968) Yancey Arias (born 1971)
Indigenous Colombians (Spanish: Colombianos indigenas), also known as Native Colombians (Spanish: Colombianos nativos), are the ethnic groups who have inhabited Colombia before the Spanish colonization of Colombia, in the early 16th century. Estimates on the percentage of Colombians who are indigenous vary, from 3% or 1.5 million to 10% or 5 ...
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.
Colombian may refer to: Something of, from, or related to the country of Colombia; Colombians, persons from Colombia, or of Colombian descent For more information about the Colombian people, see: Demographics of Colombia; Indigenous peoples in Colombia, Native Colombians; Colombian American; For specific persons, see List of Colombians
articles on people (individuals) who are or were citizens of Colombia, either by birth or citizenship, or who are now living or lived in Colombia for an extended period of time. It may also include articles on people who were born in Panama , Venezuela , and Ecuador when these territories formed part of the historic Colombian territory (e.g ...
These people were labeled with any number of descriptive names, derived from the casta system, such as mestizo, mulatto and moreno. Blacks and indigenous people of Colombia also mixed to form zambos, creating a new ethno-racial group in society. This mix also created a fusion of cultures.