Yagua

Yagua
Yagua man demonstrating the use of a punaca at one of the Amazonian islands near Iquitos
Total population
6,000[1] (2000)
Regions with significant populations
 Colombia,  Peru
Languages
Yagua, Spanish[1]
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Christianity[1]
Related ethnic groups
Yameo people

Yagua are an indigenous people in Colombia and northeastern Peru, numbering approximately 6,000.[1] Currently, they live near the Amazon, Napo, Putumayo and Yavari rivers and their tributaries. As of 2005, some Yagua have migrated northward to Colombia, near the town of Leticia.

  1. ^ a b c d "Yagua." Ethnologue. Retrieved 21 Feb 2012.

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