Colombia has 87 indegenous groups totaling 1.4 millons people-about 3.4 percent of the country total population, composing one of the most diverse indigenous populations in the world. Most live within resguardos indigenas (semiautonomous districts) where indigenous groups are guaranteed right sto self-goverment. Although Colombia´s 644 resguardos indigenas cover 116.692 square miles (31 million ha) almost one-third of the national territory-less than one-tenth is suitable for agriculture, and education in resguardos is of ppor quiality. Another 445.000 or so indegenous people live outside resgurados, and their collective rights over tha land on wich they live have no legal status.
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