Resguardo Indígena de Mayabangloma
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Mayabangloma Indigenous Reserve is an indigenous reserve in the municipality of Fonseca
, Department of La Guajira
in northern Colombia
. The reserve is formed by the veredas Mayalita, Bangañita, La Gloria and La Loma, occupying a farm called "El Porvenir" formed by Resolution 046 of November 19, 1994. The reserve is inhabited by ethnic groups pertaining to the Wayuu
people and covers approximately some 3.8 km².
According to a census in 2003 the population of the reserve was of approximately 1,252 inhabitants in 286 families. The base of these indigenous families is mostly based on clans, extensive families or nucleic families. Family consanguinity is considered matrilineal.
Fonseca, La Guajira
Fonseca is a town and municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The town celebrates the Festival del Retorno in honor of St Augustine with religious celebrations, vallenato music events and others.-Geography:...
, Department of La Guajira
Department of La Guajira
La Guajira is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of its namesake peninsula, the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, facing the Caribbean Sea and Venezuela in the northern most part of South America...
in northern Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. The reserve is formed by the veredas Mayalita, Bangañita, La Gloria and La Loma, occupying a farm called "El Porvenir" formed by Resolution 046 of November 19, 1994. The reserve is inhabited by ethnic groups pertaining to the Wayuu
Wayuu
Wayuu is an Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. They are part of the Maipurean language family.- Geography :...
people and covers approximately some 3.8 km².
According to a census in 2003 the population of the reserve was of approximately 1,252 inhabitants in 286 families. The base of these indigenous families is mostly based on clans, extensive families or nucleic families. Family consanguinity is considered matrilineal.