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Yagua
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For other uses, see Yagua (disambiguation).
Yagua are an indigenous people in Colombia and northeastern Peru, numbering approximately 6,000.[1] 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.
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![]() Yagua man demonstrating the use of a punaca at one of the Amazonian islands near Iquitos | |
Total population | |
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6,000[1] (2000) | |
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Languages | |
Yagua, Spanish[1] | |
Religion | |
traditional tribal religion, Christianity[1] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Yameo people |
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