Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Wayampi are an indigenous people located in the south-eastern border area of French Guiana at the confluence of Camopi and Oyapock rivers and the basins of the Amapari and Carapanatuba Rivers in the central part of the states of Amapá and Pará in Brazil. The Wayampi number approximated 1615 individuals scattered in eleven villages. Approximately 710 live in French Guiana in three villages and 905 live in eight villages in Brazil.