page_title: Venezuelans
section_title: Ethnic-somatic characteristics
hierarchical_section_title: Venezuelans / Historical and ethnic aspects / Ethnic-somatic characteristics
caption_attribution_description: English: Dos niños en las laderas del río de San Juan Bautísta. Se puede observar el típico niño que habita en la isla de Margarita, en este caso es un tío con su sobrino, el tío es el niño de la derecha. Los niños de esta población se reúnen a jugar a los alrededores del río, ellos prefieren actividades con animales como perros o chivos en lugar de jugar juegos electrónicos. Los montículos de piedra son acumulaciones ocasionadas por el deslave del río de San Juan &#91;1&#93; English: Two children on the slopes of the river San Juan Bautista. One can see the typical child who lives on the island of Margarita, here is a guy with his nephew, the uncle of the child is right. The children of this town gather to play around the river, they prefer activities with animals like dogs or goats instead of playing electronic games. The stone mounds are accumulations caused by runoff San Juan River&#91;1&#93;. Français&#160;: Deux enfants sur les pentes de la rivière San Juan Bautista. On peut voir l'enfant typique qui vit sur ​​l'île de Margarita, ici, c'est un mec avec son neveu, l'oncle de l'enfant est droi Les enfants de cette ville se réunissent pour jouer autour de la rivière, ils préfèrent les activités avec des animaux comme les chiens ou les chèvres au lieu de jouer à des jeux électroniques. Les monticules de pierre sont des accumulations causées par les eaux de ruissellement San Juan rivière&#91;1&#93;.
context_page_description: Venezuelan people are people identified with Venezuela. Venezuelans are predominantly Roman Catholic and speak Spanish. The majority of Venezuelans are the result of a mixture of Europeans, Africans and Amerindians. Approximately 51.6% of the population are Mestizos of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, and 43.6% of Venezuelans identify as European or Middle Eastern. An additional 3.6% identify as full or partially Black/African-descendants, while 2.7% identify as fully Amerindians.
context_section_description: Currently, according to the critic D'Ambrosio and other academics, about 51.6% of Venezuelans are mestizos or mulattos (called Criollos: the 40% of them are with mostly white features, 20% with mostly black features and 10% with mostly Indians features), 45% are white, 2% are black and 1% Indians.
  Notably, according to these scholars, is the fact that virtually there are no pure whites, blacks nor indigenous people in Venezuela. With the exception of direct descendants of immigrants or specific indigenous tribes. 
  In addition, according to a genetic autosomal DNA study conducted in 2008 by the University of Brasilia (UNB), the composition of the population of Venezuela is: 60.60% European, 23% of Native American contribution and 16% of Africa's contribution.
caption: Boys from Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta.
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