Puerto Ricans (Spanish: Puertorriqueños; or boricuas) are the people
of Puerto Rico, the inhabitants, and citizens of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico (a United States territory), and their descendants. Puerto
Rico is home to people of many different national origins as well.The
culture held in common by most Puerto Ricans is referred to as
mainstream Puerto Rican culture, a Western culture largely derived
from the traditions of Spain, and more specifically Andalusia and the
Canary Islands. Over 90% of Puerto Ricans at least partially descend
from migrants from these two southern regions of Spain. Puerto Rico
has also been influenced by African culture, with the majority of
Puerto Ricans partially descended from Africans (and Native Tainos),
though pure black Afro-Puerto Ricans are only a significant minority.
Puerto Rico has also received immigration from other parts of Spain
such as Catalonia as well as from other European countries such as
France, Ireland, Italy and Germany. Recent studies in population
genetics have concluded that Puerto Rican gene pool is on average
predominantly European, with a significant Sub-Saharan African, North
African Guanche, and Indigenous American substrate, the latter two
originating in the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands and Puerto
Rico's pre-Hispanic TaÃno inhabitants, respectively.
of Puerto Rico, the inhabitants, and citizens of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico (a United States territory), and their descendants. Puerto
Rico is home to people of many different national origins as well.The
culture held in common by most Puerto Ricans is referred to as
mainstream Puerto Rican culture, a Western culture largely derived
from the traditions of Spain, and more specifically Andalusia and the
Canary Islands. Over 90% of Puerto Ricans at least partially descend
from migrants from these two southern regions of Spain. Puerto Rico
has also been influenced by African culture, with the majority of
Puerto Ricans partially descended from Africans (and Native Tainos),
though pure black Afro-Puerto Ricans are only a significant minority.
Puerto Rico has also received immigration from other parts of Spain
such as Catalonia as well as from other European countries such as
France, Ireland, Italy and Germany. Recent studies in population
genetics have concluded that Puerto Rican gene pool is on average
predominantly European, with a significant Sub-Saharan African, North
African Guanche, and Indigenous American substrate, the latter two
originating in the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands and Puerto
Rico's pre-Hispanic TaÃno inhabitants, respectively.
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