Nivaclé
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For the language, see Nivaclé language.
The Nivaclé are an indigenous people of the Gran Chaco. An estimated 13,700 Nivaclé people live in the President Hayes and Boquerón Departments in Paraguay, while approximately 200 Nivaclé people live in the Salta Province of Argentina.[2] A very small number of Nivaclé live in Tarija, Bolivia.
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Total population | |
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15,000–25,000 (2007)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Paraguay | 13,700 (1991) [2] |
Argentina | 878 (2022) [3] |
Bolivia | 100 [4] |
Languages | |
Nivaclé, Spanish[2] | |
Religion | |
Animism, Christianity |
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In the last 50 years, 15,000 Mennonites from Canada, Russia, and Germany have settled in traditional Nivaclé territory.[1]