Indigenous peoples in Argentina

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Native Argentines (Spanish: argentinos nativos), also known as Indigenous Argentines (argentinos indígenas), are Argentines who have predominant or total ancestry from one of the 39 groups of Indigenous peoples officially recognized by the national government. As of the 2022 census [INDEC], some 1,306,730 Argentines (2.83% of the country's population) self-identify as Indigenous or first-generation descendants of Indigenous peoples. The most populous Indigenous groups were the Aonikenk, Kolla, Qom, Wichí, Diaguita, Mocoví, Huarpes, Mapuche and Guarani. Many Argentines also identify as having at least one Indigenous ancestor; a genetic study conducted by the University of Buenos Aires in 2011 showed that more than 56% of the 320 Argentines sampled were shown to have at least one Indigenous ancestor in one parental lineage and around 11% had Indigenous ancestors in both parental lineages. The Jujuy Province, in the Argentine Northwest, is home to the highest percentage of Indigenous people...

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