A Native Of Ecuador

by Venetia Featherstone-Witty

Title

A Native Of Ecuador

Artist

Venetia Featherstone-Witty

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

Ecuadorians are the citizens of the Republic of Ecuador, or their descendants abroad who identify with the Ecuadorian culture and descent. Ecuador is a multiethnic society, a home to people of various ethnic origins; as a result, Ecuadorians do not equate their nationality with their ethnicity, but rather their allegiance or affinity for Ecuador. Majority of Ecuadorians trace their origins to one or more of three geographical sources of human migrations to the territory of modern Ecuador: the pre-Hispanic indigenous populations who settled the region over 15,000 years ago, the Europeans (principally Spaniards which are also the source of the Spanish language) who arrived over five centuries ago, and ultimately the sub-Saharan Africans who were imported to New Spain as slaves during the same period. The mixing of two or more of these three groups established other mixed ethnic groups.

Mestizos, the multiracial group of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, are by far the largest of all the ethnic groups and comprise around 71.9% of the current population. Whites are estimated at 6.1% and consist largely of those of unmixed or predominant European descent. Most white Ecuadorians are of colonial-era Spanish origin, also known as criollos (literally meaning "local-born Spaniards", as opposed to "Peninsulares", which were Spaniards born in the Iberian Peninsula in Spain. They also include descendants of immigrants from Italy, Germany, and France, as well as other countries. The third most numerous group are the indigenous Amerindians, who account for approximately 7% of the population. Afro-Ecuadorians make up most of the balance of the percentage and include mulattos (mixed European and sub-Saharan African) and zambos (mixed indigenous and sub-Saharan African).
FEATURED 1/16/18 in "FAA Portrait Gallery"
FEATURED 1/24/18 in "The World We See"
FEATURED 1/27/18 in "Your Very Best Photography"
FEATURED 2/10/18 in "No Place Like Home"
FEATURED 2/10/18 in "New FAA Uploads"
FEATURED 2/25/18 in "Travel Art"
FEATURED 2/27/18 in "Pin Me Daily"
FEATURED 3/7/18 in "AAA Images"
FEATURED 8/14/20 in "Collector's Gallery"

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