Public Library of Science (PLOS) genetic research determined that the average Colombian (of all races) has a mixture of European 62.5%, native Amerindian 27.4% , African 9.2% and East Asian 0.9%. These proportions also vary widely among ethnicities.

What are you if your Colombian?

Colombians (Spanish: Colombianos) are people identified with the country of Colombia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Colombians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Colombian.

Is Colombia an African country?

Colombia is nicknamed the gateway to South America because it sits in the northwestern part of the continent where South America connects with Central and North America. It is the fifth largest country in Latin America and home to the worlds second largest population of Spanish-speaking people.

Are drugs illegal in Colombia?

Drug use is prohibited by the constitution, and there are laws banning it in certain specific circumstances, but it is not a criminal offence. Possession of the quantity of a drug permitted for personal use is not a crime.

What percent of Colombia is black?

9.34 percent In contrast, the DANEs 2018 survey on quality of life reports that there were around 4.7 million individuals who identified themselves as Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal and Palenquera, accounting for approximately 9.34 percent of the Colombian population (Colombia 6 Nov. 2019, 29).

Is Colombia a narco state?

Other well-known examples are Mexico, Colombia, and Guinea-Bissau, where drug cartels produce, ship and sell drugs such as cocaine and marijuana. Nowadays scholars argue that the term “narco-state” is oversimplified because of the underlying networks running the drug trafficking organisations.

What drug is Colombia known for?

Between 1993 and 1999 Colombia became the main producer of coca in the world along with cocaine, and one of the major exporters of heroin. The value of the cocaine trade is assessed at $10 billion per year in U.S. dollars. Colombias share of coca production is estimated at 43% of global production.