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*'''Germans, Italians, and Lebanese--usually referred to as Turks (turcos) or Syrians because they came from the Christian Lebanese part of Syria that formerly belonged to Turkey'''--were active in commerce, particularly in the '''port cities of Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Buenaventura.''' | *'''Germans, Italians, and Lebanese--usually referred to as Turks (turcos) or Syrians because they came from the Christian Lebanese part of Syria that formerly belonged to Turkey'''--were active in commerce, particularly in the '''port cities of Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Buenaventura.''' | ||
*'''Germans,''' as well as other foreigners, found acceptance in the upper class and frequently married into the white group. | *'''Germans,''' as well as other foreigners, found acceptance in the upper class and frequently married into the white group. | ||
*Some Lebanese married into the Guajira Indian tribe, but immigrants generally were most closely associated with the white upper class, which was generally receptive to ties with foreigners. | *Some Lebanese married into the Guajira Indian tribe, but immigrants generally were most closely associated with the white upper class, which was generally receptive to ties with foreigners. Today, 10.6% of the population identify as Afro-Colombians and are of mixed-race descent known as either mulattos (European and African) or zambos (African and Amerindian) or often all three. | ||
== Immigration since Independence == | == Immigration since Independence == | ||