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Indigenous people in Venezuela, Amerindians or Native Venezuelans, form about 2% of the population of Venezuela, [1] although many Venezuelans are mixed with Indigenous ancestry. Indigenous people are concentrated in the Southern Amazon rainforest state of Amazonas , where they make up nearly 50% of the population [ 1 ] and in the Andes of the ...
Venezuela is a predominantly Christian country, with Islam being a minority religion. There are approximately 100,000 Muslims in Venezuela which make up 0.4 percent of the nation's population. [1] Venezuela has a small but influential Muslim population. Many of them are Arabs of Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian and Turkish descent. [2]
Indigenous populations primarily inhabit the southern half of Venezuela, the region known as Guayana south-along the Orinoco River. Additionally, Indigenous communities can be found in the Guajira Peninsula and the eastern part of the country. Together, Indigenous peoples represent approximately 2% of the total population in Venezuela. [13]
[29] The new constitution followed the example of Colombia in reserving parliamentary seats for indigenous delegates (three in Venezuela's National Assembly); and it was the first Latin American constitution to reserve indigenous seats in state assemblies and municipal councils in districts with indigenous population. [30]
The Miraflores Palace is the seat of the Venezuelan Government, where the official office of the President of Venezuela is located. The president decides the size and composition of the cabinet and makes appointments to it with the involvement [clarification needed] of the National Assembly. There are currently 33 ministries and one state ministry.
Despite its rhetoric, the Bolivarian Revolution is betraying Venezuela's indigenous people.
The Wayuu are the largest indigenous group in Colombia and in Venezuela. According to a 1997 census in Colombia, the Wayuu population numbered approximately 144,003 – representing 20% of Colombia's total Amerindian population and 48% of the population of the Department of La Guajira .
Venezuelan people of indigenous peoples descent (1 C, 4 P) W. ... (3 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Indigenous peoples in Venezuela" The following 35 pages are in this ...