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{{infobox ethnic group
| group            = Apurinã
| native_name      = Popũkare
| image            =
| population       = 9,487 (2014)<ref name=intro>{{Cite web |title=Apurinã - Indigenous Peoples in Brazil |url=https://pib.socioambiental.org/en/Povo:Apurin%C3%A3 |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=pib.socioambiental.org}}</ref>
| popplace         = {{Flagcountry|Brazil}} ({{Flag|Amazonas}}, {{Flag|Mato Grosso}}, {{Flag|Rondônia}})
| rels             = Traditional tribal religion<ref name=intro/>
| langs            = [[Apurinã language|Apurinã]]
| related          = [[Kaxarari people|Kaxarari]]<ref name=intro/>
}}
The '''Apurinã''', also called '''TheIpurinã, Ipurinãn, Kangite, Popukare''' ([[endonym]]), are an [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous people]] who live near the [[Purus River]] in western [[Brazil]]<ref name=intro/> and speak [[Apurinã language|Apurinã]].
Their houses are long, low and narrow: the side walls and roof are one, poles being fixed in the ground and then bent together so as to meet and form a pointed arch for the cross-sections. They use small bark canoes. Their chief weapons are poisoned arrows. They have a native god called Guintiniri.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|wstitle=Hipurnias|volume=13|page=523|inline=1}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
* http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/epienglish/verbetinho/apurina.htm
* {{in lang|pt}} http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/epi/apurina/apurina.shtm
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