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The Second National Indigenous Census, conducted in 2002, recording approximately 87,099 people, or 1.7% of the country's population, as being indigenous; [1] however, as many as 75% of the Paraguayan population is mestizo, that is of partial Amerindian descent. [3]
Paraguay has one of the most homogeneous populations in South America. About 75% of the people are mestizo (mixed Spanish and Guaraní Native American descent), 20% are Whites, and the rest are small minorities of Indigenous or Afro Paraguayan origin. [8]
The Guarani are a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples of South America.They are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language.The traditional range of the Guarani people is in what is now Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, and parts of Uruguay ...
Paraguayan people of indigenous peoples descent (1 P) Pages in category "Indigenous peoples in Paraguay" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The Paraguay's predominant ancestry is European, which represents a large part of the population, mainly descendants of Spaniards and Italians (who have contributed to repopulating the country after the Triple Alliance War) but there are also a large number of people of German ancestry, due to the German Mennonites (majority in the western part ...
The following is a list of indigenous peoples of South America. ... Lengua people , [8] Paraguay North Lengua (Eenthlit, Enlhet, Maskoy), Paraguay;
The Nivaclé are an indigenous people of the Gran Chaco. An estimated 13,700 Nivaclé people live in the President Hayes and Boquerón Departments in Paraguay, while approximately 200 Nivaclé people live in the Salta Province of Argentina. [2] A very small number of Nivaclé live in Tarija, Bolivia. Nivaclé people dancing 1908.
Paraguay (/ ˈ p ær ə ɡ w aɪ /; Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guarani: Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.