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According to the Oiapoque Regional Delegacy of FUNAI (National Indian Foundation), censuses from April 1998 show that the large village of Kumarumã, located on the mid-Uaçá River, had a population of 1,506 people. The village of Tukai, near the headwaters of the Uaçá River, and near the FUNAI Vigilance Post built on kilometer 92 of state highway BR-156 has 34 inhabitants. In the village of Laranjal (also called Uahá), located near the Juminã stream, there are 88 people. Besides these three villages, one can also add the 89 dwellers of Flecha village, located on the Urukauá River, who came from the Uaçá. By living near this river, which is a place of Palikur villages, these families are considered to be "Palikur" in the FUNAI censuses, although they have the same ancestry as the Galibi-Marworno.

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