Argentinos Indígenas (Spanish) | |
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![]() Proportion of Native Argentines in each department as of the 2022 Argentine census | |
Total population | |
Amerindian ancestry predominates![]() ![]() | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Predominantly in the Argentine Northwest and in the Patagonia near border areas | |
Languages | |
Spanish • Indigenous languages (including Guaraní, Qom, Wichí, Quechua, Mapuche) | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Argentina has 35 indigenous people groups (often referred to as Argentine Amerindians or Native Argentines) officially recognized by the national government.[2] As of the 2022 census [INDEC], some 1,306,730 Argentines (2.83% of the country's population) self-identify as indigenous or first-generation descendants of indigenous peoples.[3]
The most populous indigenous groups were the Aonikenk, Kolla, Qom, Wichí, Diaguita, Mocoví, Huarpe peoples, Mapuche and Guarani[2] Many Argentines also identify as having at least one indigenous ancestor; a genetic study conducted by the University of Buenos Aires in 2011 showed that more than 56% of the 320 Argentines sampled were shown to have at least one indigenous ancestor in one parental lineage and around 11% had indigenous ancestors in both parental lineages.[4]
Jujuy Province, in the Argentine Northwest, is home to the highest percentage of households (15%) with at least one indigenous resident or a direct descendant of an indigenous person; Chubut and Neuquén Provinces, in Patagonia, have upwards of 12%.[5]
Censo 2022
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