Italian Colombian

Italian Colombians (Italian: italo-colombiani; Spanish: ítalo-colombianos) are Colombian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Colombia during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Colombia. Italians have been immigrating to Colombia since the early 16th century.

Italian Colombians
Italo-colombiani (Italian)
Ítalo-colombianos (Spanish)
Flags of Italy and Colombia in Bogotá
Total population
c.20,000 (by birth)
c.2,000,000 (by ancestry, corresponding to about 4% of the total population)
Regions with significant populations
Bogotá,Caribbean Region, Norte de Santander, Santander, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Colombian coffee growing axis, Huila Department, Cauca Department
Languages
Colombian Spanish · Italian and Italian dialects
Religion
Roman Catholicism · Protestantism (Lutheranism · Evangelicalism)  · Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Italian Americans, Italian Argentines, Italian Bolivians, Italian Brazilians, Italian Canadians, Italian Chileans, Italian Costa Ricans, Italian Cubans, Italian Dominicans, Italian Ecuadorians, Italian Guatemalans, Italian Haitians, Italian Hondurans, Italian Mexicans, Italian Panamanians, Italian Paraguayans, Italian Peruvians, Italian Puerto Ricans, Italian Salvadorans, Italian Uruguayans, Italian Venezuelans
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