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The population of the tribe numbers around 2,000, most of whom live on the Reserva Boruca or the neighboring indigenous reserve of Reserva Rey Curre. The Reserva Boruca-Terraba was among the first indigenous reserves established in Costa Rica in 1956. The lands currently on the reservations were named baldíos (common lands) by the General Law ...
Indigenous people of Costa Rica, or Native Costa Ricans, are the people who lived in what is now Costa Rica prior to European and African contact and the descendants of those peoples. About 114,000 indigenous people live in the country, comprising 2.4% of the total population. [1] Indigenous Costa Ricans strive to keep their cultural traditions ...
Boruca. The Boruca language (in Boruca: Brúnkajk; [ 2] also known as Bronka, Bronca, Brunca) is the native language of the Boruca people of Costa Rica. Boruca belongs to the Isthmian branch of the Chibchan languages. Though exact speaker numbers are uncertain, UNESCO ’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger has listed Boruca as ...
The Maleku are an indigenous people of Costa Rica located in the Guatuso Indigenous Reserve near the town of Guatuso (San Rafael de Guatuso). Historically they were also known as the Guatuso, [1] the name used by Spanish settlers. Around 600 aboriginal people live on the reserve, making this the smallest tribe in Costa Rica, [2] but outsiders ...
Bribri people. The Bribri (also Abicetava) [3] are an Indigenous people in eastern Costa Rica and northern Panama. [4] Today, most Bribri people speak the Bribri language or Spanish. There are varying estimates from government officials of the group's population. Estimates of the total Bribri population range as high as 35,000 people, although ...
Térraba River ( Spanish: Río Grande de Térraba ), in the southern Brunca region of Costa Rica, is the largest river in that country. [ 1] The indigenous Boruca language name is Diquís which means "great river". [ 2] Its basin is 5,085 square kilometres (1,963 sq mi) and it is 160 kilometres (99 mi) long, covering ten percent of the country.
Boruca (Indigenous territory) Coordinates: 9°00′N 83°20′W. Territorio Indígena Boruca. Indigenous Territory. Country. Costa Rica. Territorio Indígena Boruca is an indigenous territory in Costa Rica. [1] [2]
The Diquis culture (sometimes spelled Diquís) was a pre-Columbian indigenous culture of Costa Rica that flourished from AD 700 to 1530. [1] The word "diquís" means "great waters" or "great river" in the Boruca language. [1] The Diquis formed part of the Greater Chiriqui culture that spanned from southern Costa Rica to western Panama.