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Wayuu people
Indigenous South American ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayú, Guajiro, Wahiro) are an Indigenous ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula in northernmost Colombia and northwest Venezuela. The Wayuu language is part of the Arawakan language family.
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![]() Wayúu people engaged in a courtship dance | |
Total population | |
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Approx. 413,437 in Venezuela (2011 Census)[1] Approx. 380,460 in Colombia (2018 Census)[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
La Península Guajira ![]() ![]() | |
Languages | |
Wayuu, Spanish | |
Religion | |
Traditional, Roman Catholicism (mixed), many Protestant Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Arawak group |
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