Zenu
The Zenú are an Indian people in Colombia . They live in San Andrés de Sotavento and Tuchín in the department of Córdoba and in the sub-region of Urabá Antioqueño in the department of Antioquia . Smaller settlements can be found in Chocó , Sucre and in the south of Bolívar . The population includes 33,910 people who live in an area of 16,796 hectares.
Their own language died out due to strong acculturation during the colonial period. Instead, the Zenú use the Spanish language widely spoken in Latin America .
According to the 1991 constitution, the Zenú are represented by Governor Israel Aguilar (as of September 2011).
Conflicts
Since November 2009 the Águilas Negras , one of the demobilized paramilitary groups, “ bandes criminales ” (Spanish for “ criminal gang ”; short: “ Bacrim ”) has considered all Zenú tribal chiefs as a military target. According to a statement by Governor Israel Aguilar, 5 officials and 34 members of the Zenú have since been murdered.
Web links
- Literature about the Zenú in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Werner Marti: In the grip of the new armed gangs in Colombia. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 29, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011 .
This article is based on the article Zenú ( Memento of July 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from the free encyclopedia Indianer Wiki ( Memento of March 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) and is under Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 . A list of the authors was available in the Indian Wiki ( Memento from July 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).