White Bolivians
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White Bolivians or European Bolivians are Bolivian people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe, most notably Spain and Germany, and to a lesser extent, Italy and Croatia.[citation needed]
Total population | |
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c.ā600,000,[1] 5% of total population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Mainly in Santa Cruz, La Paz and to a lesser extent the rest of the Media Luna Region | |
Languages | |
Bolivian Spanish German (Plautdietsch, Standard German) Bolivian Sign Language | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism, Anabaptism, Evangelicalism, Judaism, Irreligion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Mestizos in Bolivia, Spaniards |
Bolivian people of European ancestry mostly descend from people who arrived over the centuries from Spain, beginning five hundred years ago.[2]
European Bolivians are a minority ethnic group in Bolivia, accounting for 5% of the country's population. The majority of white Bolivians are the descendants of Criollos of Spanish descent as well as the Europeans or Arabs from Spain, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, and Croatia. White Bolivians mainly live in the largest cities and major towns in Bolivia like Santa Cruz and La Paz.[3] An additional 68% of the population is mestizo, having mixed European and indigenous ancestry.[1]