The
Ngäbe or
Guaymí people are an
indigenous group living mainly within the
Ngäbe-Buglé comarca in the Western
Panamanian provinces of
Veraguas,
Chiriquí and
Bocas del Toro. The Ngäbe also have five indigenous territories in southwestern
Costa Rica encompassing 23,600 hectares: Coto Brus, Abrojos Montezuma, Conte Burica, Altos de San Antonio and Guaymi de Osa. There are approximately 200,000-250,000 speakers of Ngäbere today.