Piapoco people
E673112
The Piapoco people are an Indigenous group of the Amazon region of Colombia and Venezuela, traditionally living along rivers and sustaining a livelihood based on fishing, small-scale agriculture, and forest resources.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piapoco language | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| associatedRiver |
Guaviare River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meta River NERFINISHED ⓘ Orinoco River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country |
Colombia
ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ |
| cultivatedCrop |
maize
ⓘ
manioc ⓘ plantains ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
collective agriculture
ⓘ
communal fishing ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Arawakan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Piapoco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalArea |
Amazon cultural area
ⓘ
Orinoco cultural area ⓘ |
| hasKnowledge |
forest resource management
ⓘ
river navigation ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| hasPopulationStatus | small population ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Indigenous peoples of Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Piapoco language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Arawakan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amazon basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orinoco River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Curripaco people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guahibo people NERFINISHED ⓘ Piaroa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ use of forest resources ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Venezuela ⓘ |
| regionType | lowland tropical rainforest ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| riverineSettlement | true ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | subsistence economy ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | riverbank settlements ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Amazon region of Colombia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amazon region of Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTransport | canoes ⓘ |
| uses |
gathering of wild forest products
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.