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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 27
Population: 991,875
Unreached people groups: 23
UPG population: 800,375
Unengaged UPGs: 19
UUPG population: 698,875
Number of countries: 16
Affinity Bloc: Arab Peoples
Overview: The Assyrians are a Semitic people native to Mesopotamia (today’s northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran). They are one of the oldest continuous peoples in the world, maintaining a strong identity for thousands of years despite conquest, persecution, and dispersion.. A majority of peoples within this people cluster are Christians, with roots in the Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East.
Peoples within this cluster: Aramean, West; Assyrian; Chaldean; Mandaean; Samaritan; Turoyo
Countries where they are found: Australia; Canada; France; Germany; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Kuwait; Lebanon; Netherlands; Palestine; Sweden; Syria; Türkiye; United Kingdom; United States
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