Arhuaco people
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ijkaseltv, Arhuaco Indians, Arauco Indians, Arhuac Indians, Arhuaco Ica Indians, Aruac Indians, Arwako Indians, Auroguac Indians
The Arhuaco are an Indigenous people of Colombia. They are Chibchan-speaking people and descendants of the Tairona culture, concentrated in northern Colombia in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
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It sits within the topics Indigenous peoples in Colombia, Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean and Indigenous peoples of the Guianas.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- ArhuacoIka
- Ethnic group.image
- 250px
- Ethnic group.caption
- Arhuaco men
- Ethnic group.population
- 27,000
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- Ethnic group.langs
- Arhuaco, Spanish
- Ethnic group.rels
- traditional tribal religion
- Ethnic group.related
- Chibchan group
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Image
- 95-2-Colombia-024NabusimakeSierraNev-90.JPG
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- Arhuaco people
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Name
- Territory
- Communities
- Economy
- Cosmology and worldview
- Political organization
- Conflicts
- Prohibited cultivation
- Government projects
- Armed conflict and displacement
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
The Arhuaco are an Indigenous people of Colombia. They are Chibchan-speaking people and descendants of the Tairona culture, concentrated in northern Colombia in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
==Name== The Arhuaco are also known as the Aruaco, Bintucua, Bintuk, Bíntukua, Ica, Ijca, Ijka, Ika, and Ike people.
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