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Ribeirinho dwellings | |
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7,105,000 (2020)[ citation needed ] | |
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The Ribeirinhos are a traditional rural population in the Amazon rainforest, who live near rivers. Their main activities are fishing and farming on a small scale, for their own use. They usually live in pile dwellings and travel by motor boats called voadeiras. [1]