Amahuaca
The Amahuaca or Amhuaca are indigenous peoples of the southeastern Amazon Basin in Peru and Brazil. Isolated until the 18th century, they are currently under threat from ecological devastation, disease and violence brought by oil extractors and illegal loggers. In 1998, they numbered about 520. The largest community of the Amahuaca is in Puerto Varadero, a jungle community on the Peruvian–Brazilian border.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 500 (2000) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Brazil ( Amazonas) Peru | |
| Languages | |
| Amahuaca, Spanish, Yaminahua, Sharanahua | |
| Religion | |
| Animism, Christianity |
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