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Aguaruna
''For the Aguaruna people's language, see Aguaruna language.''
The Aguaruna are an indigenous people of the Peruvian jungle. Historically, they lived primarily on the banks of the Maranon River, a tributary of the Amazon in northern Peru near the border with Ecuador. Currently, they possess titled community lands in four of Peru's regions: Amazonas, Cajamarca, Loreto, and San Martin. According to Peru's 1993 Census the Aguaruna numbered approximately 45,000. World Census data for 2000 lists their population at just over 38,000.
The Aguarunas' families, either monogamous or polygamous, are placed in dispersed form, grouped in extensive families or forming major magnitude towns.
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