Yagua people
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![A Yagua elder near Iquitos, Peru](/Images/godic/202502/21/Yagua_Tribesman4456.jpg")
![Yagua woman preparing fish for dinner, Libertad (Colombia)](/Images/godic/202502/21/Yagua_IMG_2102b4457.jpg")
Yagua people are an indigenous people in Colombia and northeastern Peru, numbering approximately 6,000. Currently, they live near the Amazon, Napo, Putumayo and Yavari rivers and their tributaries. As of 2005, some Yagua have migrated northward to Colombia, near the town of Leticia.