Atacama people
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|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Chile | 30,369 (2017) |
| Argentina | 13,936 (2010) |
| Languages | |
| Spanish, Kunza | |
| Religion | |
| Christian, Inca cult | |
The Atacama people, also called Atacameño, are an Indigenous people from the Atacama Desert and altiplano region in the north of Chile and Argentina and southern Bolivia, mainly the Antofagasta Region.
According to the Argentinean Census in 2010, 13,936 people identified as first-generation Atacameño in Argentina, while Chile was home to 21,015 Atacameño people as of 2002.
Other names include Kunza and Likanantaí.