Guahibo people
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| Guahibo | ||||||
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approx. 24,000 |
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| Guahibo, Spanish | ||||||
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| Christianity, Animism |
The Guahibo people (also called Guajibo, or Sikuani, though the latter is regarded as derogatory) people are an indigenous people native to Llanos or savannah plains in eastern Colombia--Arauca, Meta, Guainia, and Vichada departments--and in southern Venezuela near the Colombian border.[1] Their population is was estimated at 23,772 people in 1998.[2]

