Lickanantay
Lands
Oases and valleys of the Salar de Atacama and the Loa river basin, Antofagasta Region, northern Chile
Countries Chile
Facts 3
Language
Lickanantay communities are revitalizing their language, Ckunsa. A 2025 regional arts project in Chiu Chiu promotes it through art and stop-motion animation.
As of 2025 Source: Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio de Chile, Proyecto Fondart Regional 2025 impulsa la revitalización de la lengua Ckunsa a través del arte y la animación en Chiu Chiu (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Population
In Chile's 2024 census, 0.2 percent of the national population identified as Atacameño or Lickanantay.
As of 2024 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de Chile, Censo 2024: Aumenta la escolaridad a 12,1 años, superando el umbral de educación obligatoria en Chile (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
Lickanantay communities live in the oases and valleys of the Atacama salt flat and the Loa river basin in Chile's Antofagasta Region.
Source: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Atacameños: Environment and Location (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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