Indigenous peoples in Colombia
Ethnic groups that have inhabited Colombia before European colonization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Indigenous peoples of Colombia are the ethnic groups who have inhabited Colombia since before the Spanish colonization of Colombia, in the early 16th century.
Total population | |
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1,905,617 (2018 Census) 4.31% of Colombia's population[1][2] 1%,[3] 1.8%,[4] 2%,[5][6] 4%[7] or 10.4%[8] of Colombians (external sources) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Throughout the country, especially in Andean Highlands, Caribbean Region and Amazonía Region | |
Languages | |
Indigenous languages and Spanish | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism, Native American religions |
According to the 2018 Colombian census, they comprise 4.3% of the country's population, belonging to 115 different tribes.[1][2]
However, according to the last editions of Latinobarómetro, around one-tenth of Colombian respondents self-identified as indigenous.[8][9] This figure would represent a notable growing since all-time low of 1965, when it was estimated only 1% of Colombians were indigenous.[10]
Of registered indigenous population, approximately two thirds live in La Guajira, Cauca, Nariño, Córdoba and Sucre Departments. Amazon Basin, a sparsely populated region, is home to over 70 different Indigenous ethnic groups.[1]
Both historically and in recent times, they have been subjected to violence and oppression, ranging from land theft to massacres to the targeted killings of Indigenous activists and politicians.[11]