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The Yanesha’ or Amuesha people are an ethnic group of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Presently the most recent census count puts their population at over 7000 distributed among 48 communities located in Puerto Inca Province (Huánuco) Chanchamayo Province (Junín) and Oxapampa Province (Pasco). They are a relatively small group making up barely 2.91% of indigenous inhabitants located in the Peruvian Amazon.
