Moreno Venezuelans are

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who are

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. It can refer to multiracial Venezuelans, who are either

mulatto (, ) is a racial classification to refer to people of mixed African and European ancestry. Its use is considered outdated and offensive in several languages, including English and Dutch, whereas in languages such as Spanish and Portuguese ...

mestizo (; ; fem. ) is a term used for racial classification to refer to a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturally European even though thei ...

pardo ''Pardos'' (feminine ''pardas'') is a term used in the former Portuguese and Spanish colonies in the Americas to refer to the triracial descendants of Southern Europeans, Amerindians and West Africans. In some places they were defined as ne ...

, or

zambo Zambo ( or ) or Sambu is a racial term historically used in the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed Indigenous and African ancestry. Occasionally in the 21st century, the term is used in the Americas to refer to persons who are of mixe ...

. Some moreno Venezuelans are also mixed with Asian ancestry, although this particular admixture is not nearly as common as the aforementioned ones. According to the 2011 Census, those who identify as Moreno amount to 51.6% of Venezuela's population. Per an autosomal DNA genetic study conducted in 2008 by the

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(UNB), Venezuela's

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is composed of 61% European contribution, 23% indigenous contribution, and 16% African contribution.

Census

The Census of Venezuela classifies the population as: *

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http://www.ine.gob.ve/documentos/Demografia/CensodePoblacionyVivienda/pdf/nacional.pdf * Afro descendant * Moreno *

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* Other

References

{{Use dmy dates, date=January 2019 Ethnic groups in Venezuela Afro-Venezuelan Mestizo

Census

See also

References