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Amazonas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Amazonas , state (1996 pop. 2,390,102), 604,032 sq mi (1,564,445 sq km), NW Brazil. The capital is Manaus .
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Baniwa-Curripaco-Wakuenai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...x2032; and 69 ° 50 ′ W, on the present-day borders of Brazil (Estado de Amazonas), Venezuela (Territ ó rio Federal Amazonas), and Colombia (Comissar í as del Guain í a/Vaup é s). In these...
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Ticuna
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Loreto in the province of Maynas; in Colombia, they inhabit the Amazon Trapeze in the Amazonas Commissariat; in Brazil, they live in the state of Amazonas, in the municipalities of San Pablo do Oliven ç a, San Antonio do I ç...
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Madeira
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...flows north along the border for c.60 mi (100 km), then northeast in a winding course through the Rondônia and Amazonas sections of NW Brazil into the Amazon River. At its mouth is Ilha Tupinambaranas, an extensive marshy region formed by the...
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Leticia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Leticia , town (1993 pop. 17,758), capital of Amazonas commissary, SE Colombia, on the upper Amazon. The Leticia region, a narrow strip of land extending S of the Putumayo River...
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Candoshi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...to 4 ° 30 ′ S and 76 ° 30/ to 77 ° W, in the department of Loreto, province of Alto, Amazonas, Peru. The Candoshi live on tributaries of the R í o Pastaza, the Chapara on tributaries of the R í o Morona...
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Mundurucu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Orientation Identification and Location. The Mundurucu live just south of the equator in the Brazilian states of Para and Amazonas. They were known in early Brazilian history as warriors who took enemy heads as trophies. There are two separate groups of...
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Piaroa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...geographical coordinates of 4 ° to 6 ° N and 66 ° to 68 ° W in what is today the Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela. The approximate boundaries correspond to the middle R í o Parguaza in the north, the lower Rio Ventuari...
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Yukuna
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...x2032; W and 0 ° 45 ′ and 1 ° S, within the present-day Comisar í a Especial del Amazonas in Colombia. Demography. In 1989 the Yukuna population was approximately 1,000 and there were only 90 Matapi. The Yukuna...
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Statelessness
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...raised such claims. These are mostly members of small ethnic tribes living at a subsistence level, such as natives of the Amazonas region or the Pygmies of Africa. Frequently, these people were driven into their current settlement areas by more powerful...
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