Emberá people
An Emberá parade held in Chitré | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~240,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Colombia | 196,115 (2018) |
| Panama | 51,657 (2023) |
| Languages | |
| Northern Emberá, Emberá-Catío, Emberá-Chamí, Emberá-Baudó, Eperara, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| jaí, Evangelicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Wounaan | |
The Emberá ⓘ, also known in the historical literature as the Chocó or Katío Indians are an Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia. Together with the Wounaan (or Waunana) they are part of the Emberá-Wounaan group. In the Emberá languages, the word ẽberá can be used to mean person, man, or Indigenous person, depending on the context in which it is used. There are approximately 33,000 people living in Panama and 50,000 in Colombia who identify as Emberá.