Yjxa

Yjxa is the name by which the Karitiana call themselves, meaning “we” or “people” in their own language. They are an Indigenous people of the southwestern Amazon, traditionally associated with the valleys of the Candeias, Jamari and Jaci-Paraná, tributaries of the Madeira. Their language belongs to the Arikém family of the Tupian stock, within a region of considerable linguistic diversity.

The later city of Porto Velho lies here.