Mixed-race Dominicans
Dominicanos mixtos (Spanish) | |
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Mixed-race Dominicans, students with historic 1844 flag. | |
| Total population | |
| Mixed ancestry predominates 6,179,341 (2022 census) 71.72% of the Dominican population (Only 12 years and older) Mixed Dominican groups: • Indio: 2,946,377 (34.20%) • Moreno: 2,237,370 (25.97%) • Mestizo: 665,387 (7.72%) • Mulatto: 330,207 (3.83%) | |
| Languages | |
| Dominican Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Roman Catholicism Minority: Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dominicans White Dominicans · Black Dominicans |
Mixed Dominicans (Spanish: Dominicanos mixtos) or Moreno Dominicans (Spanish: Dominicanos morenos), also referred to as mulatto, mestizo or historically zambo, are Dominicans who are of mixed ancestry (mainly white and black, to a lesser extent native), these stand out for having brown skin. Representing 71.72% of the Dominican Republic's population, they are by far the single largest racial grouping of the country.
Mixed Dominicans are the descendants from the racial integration between the Europeans, Native Americans, and later the Africans. They have a total population of over 6 million.
The Dominican Republic was the site of the first European settlement in the Americas, the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo founded in 1493. After the arrival of Europeans and the founding of the colony, Black African people were imported to the island. The fusion of European, native Taino, and African influences contributed to the development of present-day Dominican culture.