Mestizo Argentines
Argentinos mestizos (Spanish) | |
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A gaucho man in Junín de los Andes, Neuquén | |
| Total population | |
| Mixed ancestry predominates 7,600,000 (estimated) 16.3% of the Argentine population (30% or 56% have at least one indigenous ancestor) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainly in the Northwest, Chaco, Formosa and in South American immigration areas | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Catholicism Minority: Evangelism · Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mestizo Venezuelans · Mixed Mexicans · Pardo Brazilians · Mestizo Colombians · Mestizo Mexicans · Mixed Americans · Others |
Mestizo Argentines (Spanish: Argentinos mestizos), also known as Mixed Argentines (Spanish: Argentinos de origen mixto), are Argentines who do not have a predominant ancestry due to their mixed origin, these stand out for having brown skin. These originated due to the miscegenation that occurred during the viceregal and post-independence period (mainly between whites and natives, rarely blacks as there are many fewer of them), this was classified under the colonial caste system, some terms that were used are Mestizo, Pardo, among other. Mestizo Argentines are currently the second largest group in the Argentine Republic, behind whites.