Argentinos Nativos (Spanish) | |
|---|---|
 Proportion of Native Argentines in each department as of the 2022 Argentine census | |
| Total population | |
Amerindian ancestry predominates 1,306,730 (2022 census)[1] 2.83% of the Argentina's population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly in the Argentine Northwest and in the Patagonia near border areas | |
 Buenos Aires | 371,830[1] |
 Salta | 142,870[1] |
 Jujuy | 81,538[1] |
 Buenos Aires City | 74,724[1] |
 Córdoba | 69,218[1] |
| Languages | |
| Spanish • Indigenous languages (including Guaraní, Qom, Wichí, Quechua, Mapuche) | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Catholicism Minority: Native American religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Native Argentines (Spanish: Argentinos Nativos), also known as Indigenous Argentines (Spanish: Argentinos Indígenas), are Argentines who have predominant or total ancestry from one of the 39 groups of indigenous peoples officially recognized by the national government.[2] As of the 2022 census [INDEC], some 1,306,730 Argentines (2.83% of the country's population) self-identify as indigenous or first-generation descendants of indigenous peoples.[3]
The most populous indigenous groups were the Aonikenk, Kolla, Qom, Wichí, Diaguita, Mocoví, Huarpe peoples, Mapuche and Guarani.[2] Many Argentines also identify as having at least one indigenous ancestor; a genetic study conducted by the University of Buenos Aires in 2011 showed that more than 56% of the 320 Argentines sampled were shown to have at least one indigenous ancestor in one parental lineage and around 11% had indigenous ancestors in both parental lineages.[4]
Jujuy Province, in the Argentine Northwest, is home to the highest percentage of households (15%) with at least one indigenous resident or a direct descendant of an indigenous person; Chubut and Neuquén Provinces, in Patagonia, have upwards of 12%.[5]
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Censo 2022was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Encuesta Complementaria de Pueblos Indígenas". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ "Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2010: Pueblos Originarios: Región Noroeste Argentino: Serie D No 1" (PDF) (in Spanish). INDEC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Estructura genética de la Argentina, Impacto de contribuciones genéticas". Ministerio de Educación de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 August 2011.
- ^ Indec. Porcentaje de hogares por provincia que se reconoce descendiente de un pueblo indígena Archived 2020-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)