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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox ethnic group The Achagua (also Achawa and Axagua) are an indigenous people of Colombia and Venezuela.[1] At the time of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, their territory covered the present-day Venezuelan states of Bolívar, Guárico and Barinas.[2] In the late twentieth century there were several hundred Achaguas remaining.[2]

Municipalities belonging to Achagua territories

Name Department Altitude (m)
urban centre
Map
Támara
(shared with U'wa)
Casanare 1156
Файл:Colombia - Casanare - Támara.svg
Nunchía
(shared with U'wa)
Casanare 398
Файл:Colombia - Casanare - Nunchía.svg
Yopal Casanare 390
Файл:Colombia - Casanare - Yopal.svg
Aguazul
(shared with Tegua)
Casanare 290
Файл:Colombia - Casanare - Aguazul.svg
Tauramena Casanare 460
Файл:Colombia - Casanare - Tauramena.svg
Recetor
(shared with Tegua)
Casanare 800
Файл:Colombia - Casanare - Recetor.svg
Chámeza
(shared with Tegua)
Casanare 1150
Файл:Colombia - Casanare - Chámeza.svg
Paya Boyacá 970
Файл:Colombia - Boyaca - Paya.svg
Labranzagrande
(shared with U'wa & Guahibo)
Boyacá 1210
Файл:Colombia - Boyaca - Labranzagrande.svg

Culture

Achagua people live in large villages. Clans live together in communal houses. Polygamy is commonplace. They farm crops, such as bitter cassava. They traditionally poison their arrows with curare.[1]

There is a small town in Apure called Achaguas.

Language

Achagua people speak the Achagua language, a Maipurean Arawakan language.[1]

See also

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References

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External links

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 "Achagua." Encyclopædia Britannica. (retrieved 1 December 2011)
  2. 2,0 2,1 James Stuart Olson (1991), The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group. p2