Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Cofan (endonym: A’i) people are an indigenous people native to Sucumbíos Province northeast Ecuador and to southern Colombia between the Guamués River (a tributary of the Putumayo River) and the Aguaricó River (a tributary of the Napo River). Their population is now only about 1500 (2000 survey) to 2100 (2010 survey) people down from approximately 15000 in the mid-16th century when the Spanish crushed their ancient civilization of which there are still some archeological remains.
