Indigenous peoples in Paraguay

Pai Tavytera people in Amambay Department, 2012
Indigenous people in Paraguay
Contemporary Paraguayan Native village, 2003

Indigenous peoples in Paraguay, or Native Paraguayans, include 17 ethnic groups belonging to five language families.[1][2] While only a 1.7% of Paraguay's population is fully indigenous, 75% of the population identifies as being partially of indigenous descent;[3] however, the majority do not identify as being indigenous but as Mestizos. Most of the native population lives in the northwestern part of the country, the Gran Chaco.

  1. ^ "Paraguay." Pan-American Health Organization. (retrieved 12 July 2011)
  2. ^ "Paraguay." Countries and Their Cultures. (retrieved 12 July 2011)
  3. ^ "Paraguay: Ethnic Groups." CIA: The World Factbook. (retrieved 12 July 2011)