Indigenous peoples of Honduras

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According to Minority Rights Group International, the Indigenous tribes that live in Honduras include the Lenca (453,672), Miskito (80,007), Garifuna (43,111), Maya Ch'orti (33,256), Tolupan (19,033), Bay Creoles (12,337), Nahuas (6,339), Pech (6,024) and Tawahka (2,690).^[1]

Contemporary groups
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Contemporary groups

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↑ Honduras - World Directory of Minorities & Indigenous Peoples

v t e Ancestry and ethnicity in Honduras
Indigenous	Chʼortiʼ Lenca Maya Miskito Pech Mayangna Tolupan
Non-Indigenous	Afro-Honduran Americans Arab-Honduran Chinese Garifuna White Bulgarian Spanish Italians Jews Mestizo Mexicans Mulatto
Hondurasportal

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

Pre-history

Mythology/Religion

North America

Mesoamerica

Common	Cosmovision Creation Religion World tree
Variations	Aztec Maya Olmec

South America

Culture

Art	Music Visual arts Painting Artists Writers

European
colonization

European colonization
- Population history
- Columbian exchange

Modern groups
by country

North America	Belize Canada Costa Rica Dominica El Salvador Greenland Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
South America (list)	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Indigenous peoples of Honduras

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Contemporary groups

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