Yanomami Indigenous Territory
| Yanomami Indigenous Territory | |
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| Terra Indígena Yanomami | |
Yanomami Shabono
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| Coordinates | 1°55′07″N 62°59′53″W / 1.918617°N 62.998092°WCoordinates: 1°55′07″N 62°59′53″W / 1.918617°N 62.998092°W |
| Area | 9,664,975 ha (37,316.68 sq mi) |
| Designation | Indigenous territory |
| Created | 25 May 1992 |
| Administrator | FUNAI |
The Yanomami Indigenous Territory (Portuguese: Terra Indígena Yanomami) is an indigenous territory in the states of Amazonas and Roraima, Brazil. It overlaps with several federal or state conservation units. It is home to Yanomami and Ye'kuana people. There were conflicts with an overlapping national forest in which mining was permitted, but these appear to have been resolved.
The Yanomami Indigenous Territory has an area of 9,664,975 hectares (23,882,670 acres) in the states of Amazonas and Roraima. The territory is bounded by the frontier with Venezuela to the northwest. In the west it adjoins the Balaio and Cué-cué/Marabitanas indigenous territories. 50% of the Pico da Neblina National Park overlaps the western part of the territory. Most of the Amazonas National Forest is within the territory, as is most of the Serra do Aracá State Park. In the southeast it adjoins the Serra da Mocidade National Park and the Caracaraí Ecological Station. In the east it adjoins the Roraima National Forest.
The Yanomami Indigenous Territory is home to Yanomami people speaking the Ninam, Sanumá, Yanomamö and Yanomami languages of the Yanomamam linguistic family, and to Ye'kuana people speaking the Ye'kuana language of the Carib linguistic family. The population as of 1989 was 9,910 according to FUNAI. This has risen steadily to an estimated 23,512 people as of 2016 according to Sesai.
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