Guahibo people

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Guahibo
pop = approx. 24,000
region1 = flagcountry|Colombia
pop1 = 23,006 (2005 Census)
ref1 = Juncosa 2000, cited in SIL, " [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=guh Guahibo] ", "Ethnologue."
region2 = flagcountry|Venezuela
pop2 = 8,428 (2001 census)
ref2 = SIL, " [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=guh Guahibo] ", "Ethnologue."
languages = Guahibo, Spanish
religions = Christianity, Animism

The Guahibo people (also called Guajibo, or Sikuani, though the latter is regarded as derogatory) people are an indigenous people native to Llanos or savannah plains in eastern Colombia--Arauca, Meta, Guainia, and Vichada departments--and in southern Venezuela near the Colombian border. [ [http://web.minambiente.gov.co/biogeo/menu/biodiversidad/culturas/tabla_1.htm es icon Ministerio Colombiano del Medio Ambiente: Guahibo] ] Their population is was estimated at 23,772 people in 1998. [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=guh ethnologue: Guahibo] ]

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