Wayuu people
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Indigenous American ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wayuu people is referenced by 302 other articles, and connects out to Catholic Church, La Guajira Department and Kogui people.
It sits within the topics Indigenous peoples in Colombia, Indigenous peoples in Venezuela and Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic minority
- Languages spoken
- Wayuu
- Country
- Venezuela
- Located in
- La Guajira Department
- Image
- Yonna Wayuu.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Wayuu
- Commons category
- Wayuu
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Encyclopedic overview
The Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayú, Guajiro, Wahiro) are an ethnic group Indigenous to the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. The Wayuu language is part of the Arawakan language family. Throughout their history, they have resisted the Spanish, rural land owners, and the Catholic Church. Wayuu tradition remains, and their artisan industry is one of the biggest handicraft exports in present-day Colombia.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wayuu people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.