Indigenous Peoples_

Madre de Dios is characterized by an ethnic and cultural diversity personified by men who have inhabited these lands for some 3,000 years and belong to seven linguistic groups.

SCROLL

The original peoples of Madre de Dios are:

AMAHUACA

Pano linguistic family and are found in the Piedras basin.

YINE

Arawak linguistic family, they are located in the extreme west of the department, in the Manu National Park.

MATSIGENKA

Arawak linguistic family, they are located in the extreme west of the department, in the Manu National Park.

KICHWA RUNA

They inhabit the Madre de Dios basin.

SHIPIBO

They live in the province of Tambopata on the Madre de Dios River.

ESE EJAS

Tacana linguistic family inhabit the lower part of the Madre de Dios River. Tambopata Sonene and Beni on the border with Bolivia.

HARAKBUT

Integrated by seven groups the Arakbut, Arasaeri, Pikirieri, Sapiteri, Toyeri, Huachiperi and Kusamberi. They inhabit the basins of the Colorado, high Madre de Dios. Pukiri and Inambari.