Guayupe
Indigenous group in modern-day Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Guayupe are an Arawak-speaking[2] indigenous group of people in modern-day Colombia. They inhabit the westernmost parts of the department of Meta.[3] At the time of the Spanish conquest, more than 250,000 Guayupe were living in large parts of Meta.[1][4]
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Total population | |
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250,000[1] (1537) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Meta, Colombia | |
Languages | |
Arawakan, Colombian Spanish | |
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Traditional religion, Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Guahibo, Muisca, Sutagao, Tegua, U'wa |
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The territories of the Guayupe stretched from the neighbouring Guahibo terrains to the east and north and the Muisca territories to the west over an area of 22,000 square kilometres (8,500 sq mi).[5]
Knowledge of the Guayupe has been provided by Pedro de Aguado and others.