Wallmapu
Wallmapu Mapuche Territory | |
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Map showing an interpretation of the historical presence of Mapuches between the 16th and 21st centuries based on data from Melin et al. (2015). | |
| Status | Former country |
| Common languages | Mapudungun, Spanish |
| Demonym(s) | Mapuche |
| Today part of | Chile, Argentina |
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| mapu "land" | |
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| People | Mapuche |
| Language | Mapudungun |
| Country | Wallmapu |
Wallmapu is the word in the Mapuche language to say "Universe" or "set of surrounding lands", currently used by some historians to describe the historical territory inhabited by the Mapuche people of southern South America. The term was coined in the early 1990s by Indigenist groups but gained traction in the 2000s as the Mapuche conflict in Araucanía intensified. Some view the Wallmapu as being composed of two main parts Ngulumapu in the west and Puelmapu in the east, with the southern part of Ngulumapu being known as Futahuillimapu.
On May 19, 2022 a conference on the topic "The threat of Wallmapu" (Spanish: La amenaza de Wallmapu) was held in the city of Neuquén, Argentina.