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Indigenous peoples of Colombia are the ethnic groups who have been in Colombia prior to the Europeans in the early 16th century. Known as pueblos indígenas in Spanish they comprise 3.4% of the country’s population and belong to 87 different tribes.Approximately 80% of the indigenous peoples of Colombia live in the La Guajira Cauca and Nariño Departments. While the Amazonian region of Colombia is sparsely populated it is home to over 70 different indigenous ethnic groups.
