15 Article 4(1) of the Convention, that in the instant case, the State has not effectively guaranteed this right. b) Situation in which the events occurred 43. There is no controversy, in the case at hand, regarding the following general facts related to the Colombian indigenous peoples: a) There are, officially, within the national territory, 87 indigenous peoples39 with an approximate population of 1,378,884 inhabitants40 and 64 different languages;41 b) The indigenous peoples live in resguardos, that is to say, territories of collective property. At the moment, there are 710 resguardos titulados located in 27 departments and in 228 municipalities of the country, that occupy an approximate extension of 34 millions of hectares, that is, 29.8% of the national territory. c) In the department of Cauca, there is a great presence of indigenous people, since it has a population of 247,987 inhabitants,42 corresponding to seven ethnics: the Paeces, Guambianos, Totoroes, Yanacona, Eperara-Siapidara, Inga and Kokonucos; the Paez is the town with greater population: 118,845 indigenous;43 d) The people of Paez or Nasa are established in the territory and the collective memory. In their territories, the political and social organization of the resguardo prevails over the structure of the municipal government. The resguardos correspond to the tradition of the colonies, while the municipalities constitute the basic territorial entity of the Colombian State, governed by a mayor and a municipal council, democratically elected and e) The facts of the instant case occurred in the path of Vitoyó, municipality of Jambaló, department of Cauca. Jambaló is located in the northeast of said department, in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Jambaló. The Nasas of Jambaló are a part of Pueblo Paez. 39 Cf. Colombia. una nación multicultural. Su diversidad étnica” (Colombia: a multicultural nation. Its ethnical diversity”). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísticas, Dirección de Censos y Demografías (Vital Statistics National Administrative Department, Surveys and Demographic's Agency). (Record of Appendixes to the answer of the application, Exhibit 1, page 1099). 40 Cf. “Colombia. una nación multicultural. Su diversidad étnica” (Colombia: a multicultural nation. Its ethnical diversity”). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísticas, Dirección de Censos y Demografías (Vital Statistics National Administrative Department, Surveys and Demographic's Agency). (Record of Appendixes to the answer of the application, Exhibit 1, page 1117). 41 Cf. http://www.etniasdecolombia.org/grupos_pueblos.asp (brief of requests and arguments, record of the merits, Volume I, page 150). 42 Cf. “Colombia. una nación multicultural. Su diversidad étnica” (Colombia: a multicultural nation. Its ethnical diversity”). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísticas, Dirección de Censos y Demografías (Vital Statistics National Administrative Department, Surveys and Demographic's Agency). (Record of Appendixes to the answer of the application, Exhibit 1, page 1118). 43 Cf. “Grupos Étnicos: Páez”, (Ethnic groups: Paez) Fundación Hemera. http://www.etniasdecolombia.org/indigenas/paez.asp (record of the merits, Volume I, page 160) Available at