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Race and ethnicity in Colombia
Colombians descend mainly from three racial groups—Europeans, Amerindians, and Africans—that have mixed throughout the last 500 years of Colombia's history. Some demographers describe Colombia as one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the Western Hemisphere and in the World, with 900 different ethnic groups. Most Colombians identify themselves and others according to ancestry, physical appearance, and sociocultural status. Social relations reflect the importance attached to certain characteristics associated with a given racial group. Although these characteristics no longer accurately differentiate social categories, they still contribute to one's rank in the social hierarchy. A study from DNA Tribes in 2012 determined that the average Colombian has a mixture of 56.7% Caucasian, 26.2% Amerindian, 8.5% Arab, 8.0% African, and 0.6% Asian. These proportions also vary widely among ethnicities.
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