Editing Martinique (section)

===Ethnic groups===
The population of Martinique is mainly of [[African diaspora|African descent]] generally mixed with European, Amerindian ([[Island Caribs|Carib]]), [[Indo-Martiniquais|Indian]] (descendants of 19th-century [[Tamils|Tamil]] and [[Telugu people|Telugu]] immigrants from South India), Lebanese, Syrian or Chinese. Martinique also has a small [[Syria|Syro]]-[[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] community, a small [[Indo-Martiniquais|Indian]] community, a small but increasing [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] community, and the ''[[Béké]]'' community, descendants of the first European settlers.<ref name="britannica1" />

The Béké population represents around 1% of Martinique's population,<ref name="Békés Une affaire d'héritage">{{citation |author=Béatrice Gurrey et Benoît Hopquin |title=Békés : Une affaire d'héritage |work=Le Monde |date=28 February 2009 |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2009/02/28/bekes-une-affaire-d-heritage_1161662_3224.html |language=fr |access-date=3 September 2014 |archive-date=5 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505051246/http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2009/02/28/bekes-une-affaire-d-heritage_1161662_3224.html |url-status=live }}</ref> mostly of noble ancestry or members of the old [[bourgeoisie]]. In addition to the island population, the island hosts a mainland French community, most of which live on the island on a temporary basis (generally from 3 to 5 years).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}