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Ethnic groups in Venezuela

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mestizo
'''''' is a term primarily used to denote people of mixed Spanish and Indigenous ancestry in the former Spanish Empire. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturally European, even though their ancestors were Indigenous Americans. The term was used as an ethno-racial exonym for mixed-race that evolved during the Spanish Empire. It was a formal label for individuals in official documents, such as censuses, parish registers, Inquisition trials, and others. Priests and royal officials might have classified persons as mestizos, but individuals also used t
Venezuelans
Venezuelans (Spanish: venezolanos) are the citizens identified with the country of Venezuela. This connection may be through citizenship, descent or cultural. For most Venezuelans, many or all of these connections exist and are the source of their Venezuelan citizenship or their bond to Venezuela.
indigenous peoples in Venezuela
Indigenous peoples of Venezuela
Llanero
thumb|Llanero, 19th century, photography from Alphons Stübel. thumb|Camille Pissarro dressed in a Llanero outfit, reclining, c. 1852-1855. thumb|A group of Venezuelan hunters wearing the countryman cavalry attire from the region with a Bahareque house. A '''''' (, 'plainsman') is a Venezuelan and Colombian herder. The name is taken from the Llanos grasslands occupying eastern Colombia and western-central Venezuela.
Chinese Venezuelans
ethnic group, Chinese-born residents in Venezuela and Venezuelans of Chinese origin
Italo-Venezuelans
ethnic group
Japanese Venezuelans
Japanese-born residents in Venezuela and Venezuelans of Japanese descent, ethnic group