Yagua
Yagua man demonstrating the use of a punaca at one of the Amazonian islands near Iquitos | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,000 (2000) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Colombia, Peru | |
| Languages | |
| Yagua, Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Yameo people |
Yagua are an indigenous people in Colombia and northeastern Peru, numbering approximately 6,000. Currently, they live near the Amazon, Napo, Putumayo and Yavari rivers and their tributaries. As of 2005, some Yagua have migrated northward to Colombia, near the town of Leticia.