Yukpa people
The Yupka territory in the Cesar Department.
Yukpa is an Amerindian ethnic group that inhabits the northeastern part of the Cesar Department in northern Colombia by the Serranía del Perijá bordering Venezuela. Their territory covers the eastern areas of the municipalities of Robles La Paz, Codazzi and Becerril in Resguardos (indian reserve) named Socorpa, Menkue, El Cozo Iroka and some other small areas in Venezuela. According to an Inter Press Service story, the majority of the Yukpa, who number nearly 10,000, live in Venezuela although some communities are still located in the mountains across the border in Colombia.[1]
Some members of this ethnicity have developed genetic Dwarfism and average a height of 1.30 meters.
External links
- Ethnologue.com: The Yukpas
- everyculture.com: Yukpa
- Red de Gestores Sociales: Yukpa
- ESTUDIO SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES Y CALIDAD DE VIDA DE LA ETNIA YUKPA
- David M. Howard account of protestant missionaries among Yukpa Indians
- "Venezuela Returns More Land to Yukpa People in 2011," Indian Country Today
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