Yagua
Also known as nyhamwo
Yagua are an indigenous people in Colombia and northeastern Peru, numbering approximately 6,000. 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.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Yagua
- Ethnic group.image
- Yahua Blowgun Amazon Iquitos Peru.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Yagua man demonstrating the use of a punaca at one of the Amazonian islands near Iquitos
- Ethnic group.total
- 6,000
- Ethnic group.total_year
- 2000
- Ethnic group.popplace
- ,
- Ethnic group.rels
- traditional tribal religion, Christianity
- Ethnic group.langs
- Yagua, Spanish
- Ethnic group.related
- Yameo people
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Yahua Blowgun Amazon Iquitos Peru.jpg
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Article · Français
Le peuple Yagua est une population indigène clairsemée vivant au bord de l'Amazone. En botanique, une espèce de palmiers porte également ce nom.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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