Fact sheet · People profile · AK-MAPUCH-2026
Mapuche
Mapuche
Americas
1,7 – 2 M
Mapudungun
Chile, Argentina
State-recognized · Self-identified
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The Mapuche are the largest Indigenous people of the Southern Cone, living in south-central Chile and Argentina. Farmers and warriors who resisted Spanish and then Chilean expansion for centuries, they continue to defend their lands, their language (Mapudungun) and their self-determination.
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