Ese Ejja people
Ese Ejja Village. Tambopata Rezerve, Peru | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,100 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bolivia (1,687), Peru (400-500) | |
| Languages | |
| Ese Ejja • Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity • Traditional Tribal Religion |
The Ese Ejja are an indigenous people of Bolivia and Peru, in the southwestern Amazon basin. 1,687 Ese Ejja live in Bolivia, in the Pando and Beni Departments, in the foothills along the Beni and the Madre de Dios Rivers. In Peru, they live along the Tambopata and Heath Rivers, near Puerto Maldonado.