Guayupe
The Guayupe are an Arawak-speaking indigenous group of people in modern-day Colombia. They inhabit the westernmost parts of the department of Meta. At the time of the Spanish conquest, more than 250,000 Guayupe were living in large parts of Meta.
Landscape in Acacías, terrain of the Guayupe | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 250,000 (1537) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Meta, Colombia | |
| Languages | |
| Arawakan, Colombian Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional religion, Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Guahibo, Muisca, Sutagao, Tegua, U'wa |
The territories of the Guayupe stretched from the neighbouring Guahibo terrains to the east and north and the Muisca territories to the west over an area of 22,000 square kilometres (8,500 sq mi).
Knowledge of the Guayupe has been provided by Pedro de Aguado and others.
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