Yukpa is an
Amerindian
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ethnic group that inhabits the northeastern part of the
Cesar Department
Cesar Department (), or simply Cesar, () is a departments of Colombia, department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to ...
in northern
Colombia
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by the
Serranía del Perijá
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bordering
Venezuela
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. Their territory covers the eastern areas of the
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Robles La Paz,
Codazzi and
Becerril
Becerril or Becerril de Campos is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Cesar.
Geography
The municipality of Becerril borders to the east with the country of Venezuela where the Serranía del Perijá mountain ranges is shared ...
in ''
Resguardos'' (
indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ...
) named
Socorpa,
Menkue,
El Cozo
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* Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things''
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Iroka and some other small areas in Venezuela. According to an
Inter Press Service
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His ...
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.
Venezuela Government Distributes Land to Yukpa Indians
The Yukpa people have been known to consume certain nest-inhabiting wasp species, such as ''Polistes pacificus
''Polistes pacificus'' is a Neotropical species of social paper wasp belonging to the subfamily Polistinae and the family Vespidae. ''P. pacificus'' can be found distributed throughout most of Central and South America and parts of southern Nort ...
'', which make paper nests that can be quickly knocked from its hanging place on a tree directly into a fire, where the larvae are then toasted.
See also
*Yukpa language
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 Colombia, mun ...
Notes
External links
Ethnologue.com: the Yukpa language
Red de Gestores Sociales: Yukpa
ESTUDIO SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES Y CALIDAD DE VIDA DE LA ETNIA YUKPA
ESTUDIO SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES Y CALIDAD DE VIDA DE LA ETNIA YUKPA
Scribd
David M. Howard account of protestant missionaries among Yukpa Indians
"Venezuela Returns More Land to Yukpa People in 2011,"
''Indian Country Today''
"Taking the Gospel to the Yukpa"
The Wall Street Journal
Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean
Indigenous peoples in Colombia
Indigenous peoples in Venezuela
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