Embera-Wounaan

Embera–Wounaan
Chocó
Embera girls in a parade held in Chitré, capital of the province of Herrera, Panama.
Total population
15,000–16,000
(9,000–10,000 Embera and 6,000 Wuanana)
Regions with significant populations
 Colombia,  Panama
Languages
Choco languages
Related ethnic groups
Caramanta people, Katío people

The Embera-Wounaan, (also Emberá-Waunana, Chocó) are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people in Panama living in Darién Province on the shores of the Chucunaque, Sambú, and Tuira Rivers and their waterways. The Embera-Wounaan were formerly and widely known by the name Chocó, and they speak the Embera and Wounaan languages, part of the Choco language family.

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