Embera-Wounaan

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Embera–Wounaan
Chocó

Embera girls in a parade held in Chitré, capital of the province of Herrera, Panama.
Total population
15,000–16,000 (9,000–10,000 Embera and 6,000 Wuanana)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Colombia,  Panama
Languages
Choco languages
Related ethnic groups
Caramanta people, Katío people

The Embera-Wounaan are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people in Panama living in Darién Province on the shores of the Chucunaque, Sambú, and Tuira Rivers and their waterways. The Embera-Wounaan were formerly and widely known by the name Chocó, and they speak the Embera and Wounaan languages, part of the Choco language family.