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Paraguayan Chaco Foodways

Región Occidental

Regional

Sixty per cent of Paraguay and under three per cent of its people: Presidente Hayes, Boquerón and Alto Paraguay. Dry thorn forest — the Gran Chaco, one of the fastest-deforesting places on earth — with algarrobo and mistol pods, palm hearts, honey, game and gathered forest foods; enormous CATTLE ranching; the MENNONITE colonies at Filadelfia, Loma Plata and Neuland with their dairy industry; and the highest concentration of INDIGENOUS PEOPLES in the country — Nivaclé, Enlhet, Enxet, Ayoreo, Chamacoco, Angaité, Sanapaná, Maká, Guaná, Manjui and others.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Nivaclé community documented
  • Enlhet community documented
  • Ayoreo community documented
  • Chamacoco community documented

Languages: Ayoreo, Chamacoco, Enxet Sur, Enlhet Norte, Angaité, Spanish

What is recorded

  • The Chaco War with Bolivia, fought across the dry thorn forest. documented

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