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I - SUMMARY OF THE INDIGENOUS LANDS AND POPULATIONS OF GREATER AMAZONIA WITHIN EACH COUNTRY

The following table (table 9) takes up the various parameters mentioned above in a more general context and enables a comparison between demographic and territorial data concerning native American Indians on the one hand and similar data for the country in which they live, as a whole.

Table 9 : Indigenous lands and populations compared with the total population and land for each country

Bolivia

department

total area

(ha)

Indian area

(ha)

total population
indigenous population

%







Beni
21 356 400
870 300
278 000
51 862
18,65 %
Cochabamba

[30% of lowland]

5 563 100

[1 668 930]

1 100 000

overlapping the border with Beni

1 098 000[18]
3 750

[15]

La Paz

[30% of lowland]

13 398 500

[4 019 550]


2 409 000[19]
6700
[20]
Pando
6 382 700

59 000
1 659
2,81 %
Santa Cruz
37 062 100

1 237 000[21]
49 203[22]
3,97 %






TOTAL

[including a total for lowland areas]

83 762 800

[70 489 680]

1 970 300

5 081 000

113 174
2,22 %

TOTAL

total area/

reserved area

total population/

indigenous population

Indian population

living in reserves


2,35 %
2,22 %
12,81 %

Brazil

State

total area

(ha)

Indian area

(ha)

total population
Indian pop. in reserves
outside reserves
total Indian pop.







Acre

[including the capital]

15 258 900
2 047 501
366 100

[145 400]

6 538
210
6 748
Amapá

[including the capital]

14 295 600
1 008 349
217 000

[168 800]

3107
40
3147
Amazonas

[including the capital]

156 444 500
27 926 619
1 739 600

[809 900]

54 831
1 466
56 297
Goias + Tocantins

[including the capital]

64 209 200
2 211 067
4 437 500

[923 300]

4 931
55
4 986
Maranhão

[including the capital]

32 866 300
1 788 208
4 655 100

[561 859]

12 147
0
12 147
Mato Grosso Norte

[including the capital]

88 100 100
11 497 734
1 486 100

[279 600]

15 719
25
15 744
Pará

[including the capital]

124 804 200
26 371 212
4 318 400

[1 116 578]

13 056
702
13 758
Rondonia

[including the capital]

24 304 400
4 350 127
908 900

[202 000]

4 297
523
4 820
Roraima

[including the capital]

23 010 400
9 794 813
102 500

[66 000]

22 737
4 975
27 712







TOTAL

[including the capitals]

543 293 600
86 995 630
18 231 200

[4 273 437]

137 363
7 996
145 359

Indian total population

Indian population living in reserves

%
total area/

area of reserves

145 359
137 363
94,50 %
16 %

Columbia

department

total area

(ha)

Indian area

(ha)

%
total population
lowland indig. pop.
%







Amazonas
12 124 000
8 664 349
71,46%
39 937
11 537
28,88%
Arauca
2 349 000
26 688
1,13%
70 085
956
1,36%
Boyaca [including 15 % of lowland areas]
2 379 700

[356 955]

69 155

[19,37%]

1 097 940
2 170

[15]

Caqueta
10 632 500
89 758
0,84%
218 485
2 896[23]
1,32%
Casanare
4 396 300
144 119
3,27%
110 253
3 486
3,16%
Cauca [including 10% of lowland areas
3 049 500

[304 950]

1 260

[0,41%]

795 838
711

[15]

Guainia
6 882 900
6 882 900
100%
13 000
12 927
99,4%
Guaviare
3 172 800
38 463
1,21%
35 305
15422
4,36%
Meta
8 522 000
185 454
2,17%
412 312
4 426
1,07%
Putumayo
2 550 000
64 750
2,53%
119 815
72712
6,06%
Vaupes
3 354 097
3 354 097
100%
26 178
16 569
63,3%
Vichada
10 024 200
3 008 269
30,01%
22 140
16 151
72,94%







TOTAL

[including total of lowland areas]

69 436 997

[64 669 702]

22 529 262
34,83%
2 961 288
80 431
2,71%

Total

for lowland areas only

total area/

area covered by reserves

total population/

indigenous population


34,83 %
2,71 %



total of Native American Indians
Indians living in reserves
%
80 431
75 553
94 %

Ecuador

name of lowland region

area of region (ha)
Indian area

(ha)

%
total
population
indigenous population
%







Oriente
13 016 000
2 000 000

387 943
47 500

total

% total area/

Indian area

% total population/

indigenous population


15,36 %
12,24 %

Guyana

total area (ha)

Indian areas
%
total population
indigenous population
%






21 508 300

65 indigenous areas have been demarcated, but quantitative data is not available

+/- 10 %

756 072

35 360[24]

4,67 %

French Guiana

total area of the department

(ha)

claimed indigenous area
%
total population of department
indigenous populations
%






9 000 000
526 755 ha
5,85 %
114 808
4 194
3,65 %

Peru

department

area of department

ha

total population
highland indigenous population
lowland indigenous population
%

of total







Amazonas
3 924 900
335 000
5 000
25 600
7,64%
Ayacucho [including 15 % of lowland]
4 381 500

[657 225]

566 000
1 000 000[25]

1 500

[15]

Cajamarca [including 15% of lowland]
3 402 300

[510 345]

1 271 000
35 000
0

-

Cuzco [including

50% of lowland]

7 189 200

[3 594 600]

1 042 000
1 250 000[26]
16 650

[15]

Huanuco [including 40% of lowland]
3 772 200

[1 508 880]

609 000
133 800
1 315

[15]

Junin [including

45% of lowland]

4 441 000

[1 998 450]

1 114 000
137 800
9 500
[15]
Loreto
36 885 200
654 000
027
66 320
10,14%
Madre de Dios
8 518 300
49 000
022
3 276
6,68%
Pasco [including 35% of lowland]
2 532 000

[886 200]

283 000
32 000

10 000

[15]

San Martin
5 125 300
460 000
022
18 400
4%
Ucayali
10 241 100
230 000
022
25 910
11,26%






TOTAL [including the total of lowland
90 413 000

[73 850 500]

6 613 000
2 593 600
178 471
2,70%

Total for lowland areas

total area of Indian land
total population/

indigenous population


no quantitative data available
2,70 %

Suriname

Total area

(ha)

total population
indigenous population
%




16 382 000
354 860
9 303
2,62 %

Venezuela


State

area of the state

(ha)

total population of the state
indigenous

population

%





Amazonas
17 575 000
45 667
33 788
74 %
Anzoategui[28]
4 330 000
683 717
4 795
0,7 %
Apure
7 650 000
188 187
5 673
3 %
Bolivar23
23 800 000
668 340[29]
20 026
3 %
Delta Amacuro
4 020 000
56 720
17 167
30,2 %
Monagas23
2 890 000
388 536
3 228
0,8 %





TOTAL
60 265 000
2 031 167
84 677
4,16 %

TOTAL

total area/

community areas

total population/

indigenous population


1,54 %
4,16 %

[18] Cochabamba alone has 403 600 inhabitants.

[19] La Paz alone has 669 400 inhabitants.

20 The actual calculation is unnecessary.

[21] Santa Cruz alone has 529 200 inhabitants.

[22] Groups from Chaco have not been included.

[23] To this one must add the Indians living outside the boundaries of the guaranteed land reserves : 1 892 people in Caqueta, 831 in Guaviare and 2 155 in Putumayo.

[24] A recent census (1986) mentions 40 619 native American Indians, many of which are of `Amerindian descent' (SAUL, 1989).

[25] This total figure includes Quichua speakers of Ayacucho, but also those in the departments of Huancavelica (total population : 376 000) and Apurimac (total population : 372 000)

[26] This total figure includes Quichua speakers of Cuzco, but also those of Arequipa.

27 Due to a process of atomization, pockets of native American Indian settlements are scattered within the regional distribution of population.

[28] The urban metropolis of Ciudad Guayana, 516 596 inhabitants, is located at the junction of three states : Anzoategui, Bolivar and Monagas.

[29] Ciudad Bolivar alone has 277 013 inhabitants.

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