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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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