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Chane
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Chorote, Eklenjuy
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Chorote, Manjuy
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Diaguita
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Guarani
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Mbyá Guarani
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Toba
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| Diaguita |
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| Indigenous Group |
Diaguita (Also known as: Diaguita-Calchaqui, Calchaqui, Capayana, Pazioca, Cacán) |
| Location |
Argentina, Jujuy, Salta, Tucum á n, Catamarca, C ó rdoba, La Rioja, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Guachipa, Tolombon, Lerma, Buenos Aires, Sierra de Aconquija, Sierra de Ancasti, Sierra de los Llanos, Quilmes, Sierra de Velasco. Also in: Chile . |
| Estimated Population |
31,753 (2004,
National Institute of Statistics and Census) |
| Environment |
Temperate / Highland / Valley |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry / Handicraft Sales / Paid Labor |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Quechua, South Bolivian
Classification: Quechuan, Quechua II, C
Alternate names: Central Bolivian Quechua, Quechua Boliviano
Dialects: Sucre, Cochabamba, Oruro, Potosí, Chuguisaca, Northwest Jujuy
Quichua, Santiago del Estero
Classification: Quechuan, Quechua II, C
Alternative names: Santiagueño Quichua
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| Website URLs |
Wikipedia: Diaguita
Diaguita Calchaqui
Community Diaguita-Calchaqui
Indigenous Population in Argentina
Xstrata's "best practice" in Argentina
UN :Internation Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination
Calchaqui Valleys, Quilmes Ruins & Tafi del Valle
Ethnolgue: Languages of Argentina
Ethnologue: Quichua, Santiago del Estero, A Language of Argentina
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| NGOs |
La Fundacion Diaguita de Chicoana (The Diaguita Foundation of Chicoana) |
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