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Páez
Paez merchants, Colombia, 2005
Total population
60,000–80,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Paez people Colombia
Tierradentro
Languages
Páez, Spanish
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Roman Catholicism[2]
PeopleNasa (Páez)
LanguageNasa Yuwe

The Páez people, also known as the Nasa, are a Native American people who live in the southwestern highlands of Colombia, especially in the Cauca Department, but also the Caquetá Department lowlands and Tierradentro.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Páez - Orientation." Countries and Their Cultures. (retrieved 2 Dec 2011)
  2. ^ "Religion by Location"[usurped], Adherents.com

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