GUAMBIANO INDIANS ARE IN COLUMBIA. THEY CALL THEMSELVES PEOPLE OF GAMBIA. THE OTHER PEOPLE CALLED THEMSELVES PEOPLE OF GUAMBIA. THE OTHER PEOPLE CALL PEOPLE IN THE ENVIRONS. OF SILVA, A SMALL TOWN. SOME LIVE ON MOUNTAINOUS FOOTHILLS OF 3000 M WITH COLD AND RAINY TEMPERATURES. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION OF 130 CM. FORMERLY THEY HAD MORE VEGETATION. THEIR AGRICULTURE TECHNICIANS HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR PRIMARY NATURAL VEGETATION. CUTTING DOWN THE WOODLANDS HAS REDUCED THEIR NATIVE VEGETATION THEY COLLECT AS WELL AS ANIMALS.
IN 1980 THERE WERE ABOUT 18,000 GUAMBIANO. THEY SPEAK GUAMBIANO. THEY SPEAK GUAMBIANO A PART OF THE CHIBCHA LANGUAGE. MANY ALSO SPEAK SPANISH, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH. THEY RESIST LOSING THE CHIBCHA LANGUAGE.
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