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This is a selected list of the world's indigenous peoples. For guidelines on what should be included or excluded in this listing, see this article's . Note that this is a listing of peoples, groups and communities. It is not a list of ''individual persons'' who may be considered or recognised as indigenous. This list is grouped by region, and sub-region. Note that a particular group may warrant listing under more than one region, either because the group is distributed in more than one region (example: Inuit in North America and eastern Russia), or there may be some overlap of the regions themselves (that is, the boundaries of each region are not always clear and some locations may commonly be associated with more than one region). Africa ''The continent of'' Africa , ''including associated islands such as Madagascar , but excluding Arabia .'' Central Africa Central Africa generally includes the lands mainly of the Congo River basin, south of the Sahara and west of the Great Rift Valley .
East Africa East Africa generally includes the Horn Of Africa region and (parts of) surrounding countries.
North Africa North Africa generally includes African countries with borders on the Mediterranean Sea and northern Red Sea and Atlantic Ocean , bounded largely by the Sahara Desert to the south. Southern Africa Southern Africa generally includes lands from the Cape Of Good Hope northwards to the borders of Democratic Republic Of The Congo and Tanzania , and islands such as Madagascar . West Africa West Africa generally includes the region bounded by the Sahara Desert to the north and the Gulf Of Guinea to the south.
Americas the Americas ''is the continent (or supercontinent) comprising of North and South America , and associated islands.'' See Also: Indigenous peoples of the Americas The Caribbean the Caribbean , or '''West Indies''', generally includes the island chains of the Caribbean Sea .
Central America Central America generally includes the part of the North American (sub-)contintent from southern Mexico to and including Panama .
North America North America generally includes Greenland , Canada , the United States , Mexico , and the eastern Aleutian Islands .
South America South America generally includes all of the (sub-)continent and islands south of the Isthmus Of Panama .
Asia ''The (sub-)continent of'' Asia , ''including related islands, the Indian Subcontinent , Central Asian Republics , the Middle East and Arabia .'' Central Asia Central Asia generally includes the landlocked region west of the Caspian Sea , south of the Russian Taiga , to the Himalaya s, and extending eastwards to Mongolia and the western Chinese Provinces and autonomous regions.
East Asia East Asia generally includes the People's Republic Of China (except perhaps province of Qinghai and the western autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang ), the Korean Peninsula , and the associated Pacific islands, principally Japan and Taiwan .
North Asia North Asia generally includes the Russian Far East and the northern and eastern parts of Siberia . South Asia South Asia generally includes the Indian Subcontinent al region, the Himalayan States and related islands of the Indian Ocean .
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia generally includes the mainland region sometimes known as Indochina , and the Malay Archipelago .
Southwest Asia Southwest Asia generally includes the region (formerly Persia ) westwards of Pakistan , the Arabia n peninsula, the Middle East or Levant , Mesopotamia , the Caucasus region and Anatolia .
Circumpolar North the Circumpolar North generally includes the lands surrounding the Arctic Circle .
Europe Europe generally refers to the mass of the Eurasia n peninsula westwards of the Ural Mountains , the islands of the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean .
Oceania Oceania ''includes most islands of the Pacific Ocean , New Guinea and the continent of Australia .'' Australia Australia includes the continental landmass, and associated islands.
Melanesia Melanesia generally includes New Guinea and other (far-)western Pacific islands from the Arafura Sea out to Fiji .
Micronesia Micronesia generally includes the various small island chains of the western and central Pacific.
Polynesia Polynesia generally includes New Zealand and the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
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