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Yukpa is an Amerindian ethnic group that inhabits the northeastern part of the Cesar Department in northern Colombia by the Serranía del Perijá bordering Venezuela. Their territory covers the eastern areas of the municipalities of Robles La Paz, Codazzi and Becerril in '' Resguardos'' ( indian reserve) named Socorpa, Menkue, El Cozo Iroka and some other small areas in Venezuela. According to an Inter Press Service story, the majority of the Yukpa, who number nearly 10,000, live in Venezuela although some communities are still located in the mountains across the border in Colombia.Venezuela Government Distributes Land to Yukpa Indians
The Yukpa people have been known to consume certain nest-inhabiting wasp species, such as '' Polistes pacificus'', which make paper nests that can be quickly knocked from its hanging place on a tree directly into a fire, where the larvae are then toasted.


See also

* Yukpa language


Notes


External links


Ethnologue.com: the Yukpa language



Red de Gestores Sociales: Yukpa

ESTUDIO SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES Y CALIDAD DE VIDA DE LA ETNIA YUKPA

ESTUDIO SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES Y CALIDAD DE VIDA DE LA ETNIA YUKPA
Scribd
David M. Howard account of protestant missionaries among Yukpa Indians

"Venezuela Returns More Land to Yukpa People in 2011,"
''Indian Country Today''
"Taking the Gospel to the Yukpa"
The Wall Street Journal Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean Indigenous peoples in Colombia Indigenous peoples in Venezuela {{SouthAm-ethno-group-stub