| Group: | Achagua |
| Popplace: | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Rels: | Traditional religion |
| Langs: | Achagua |
| Related: | Guahibo, U'wa, and Other Arawakan-speaking peoples Especially Baniwa, Tariana, and Tegua |
The Achagua (also Achawa and Axagua) are an indigenous people of Colombia and Venezuela.[1] At the time of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, their territory covered the present-day Venezuelan states of Bolívar, Guárico and Barinas.[2] In the late twentieth century there were several hundred Achaguas remaining.[2]
| Name | Department | Altitude (m) urban centre | Map | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Támara (shared with U'wa) | align=center | Casanare | align=center | 1156 | align=center | |
| align=center | Nunchía (shared with U'wa) | align=center | Casanare | align=center | 398 | align=center | |
| align=center | Yopal | align=center | Casanare | align=center | 390 | align=center | |
| align=center | Aguazul (shared with Tegua) | align=center | Casanare | align=center | 290 | align=center | |
| align=center | Tauramena | align=center | Casanare | align=center | 460 | align=center | |
| align=center | Recetor (shared with Tegua) | align=center | Casanare | align=center | 800 | align=center | |
| align=center | Chámeza (shared with Tegua) | align=center | Casanare | align=center | 1150 | align=center | |
| align=center | Paya | align=center | Boyacá | align=center | 970 | align=center | |
| align=center | Labranzagrande (shared with U'wa & Guahibo) | align=center | Boyacá | align=center | 1210 | align=center | |
Achagua people live in large villages. Clans live together in communal houses. Polygamy is commonplace. They farm crops, such as bitter cassava. They traditionally poison their arrows with curare.[1]
There is a small town in Apure called Achaguas.
Achagua people speak the Achagua language, a Maipurean Arawakan language.[1]