Telire, Costa Rica

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Telire
Indigenous Territory
Telire, Costa Rica
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Country Costa Rica

Telire is an indigenous territory in Costa Rica. [1] [2]

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Geography

It includes the upper basin of the Telire River. It is a geographically isolated region that borders the La Amistad International Park to the south.

Demography

As of the 2011 census, this territory has a total population of 545 inhabitants, of which 533 inhabitants (97.80%) self-identify as being of indigenous ethnicity. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Vaage, Kari (2011). Indigenous peoples in Costa Rica and El Diquis hydroelectric project: indigenous identity, consultation and representation (MSc thesis). Ås: Norwegian University of Life Sciences. hdl:11250/187790.
  2. ↑ "Territorios Indígenas" (PDF). Instituto nacionale de estadistica y census. 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Censo. 2011. Población total en territorios indígenas por autoidentificación a la etnia indígena y sexo, según pueblo y territorio indígena". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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