Blacks are 10.6% of the population, while according to sources among the mulattoes of African descent are in total 29% of the population that is about .000 13'000 inhabitants of the country's population is 42,888. 592 people. [1] The figures also indicate self-recognition that 72% of the black population is located in the municipalities. The cities with the largest black population were Cali (542 936), Cartagena de Indias (319 373), Buenaventura (271 141), Barranquilla (146 538), Medellín (137 988), Tumaco (129 491), Quibdó (100 007), Turbo (99,274) Bogotá (97 885) and Riohacha (44 841). However, these experts believe the real Afro-Colombian population may be more than double that figure. Thus Colombia has the third most important black community on the continent behind only Brazil and the United States.