• PEOPLE NAME: CUIBA OF COLOMBIA

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PEID: 16243

ROP: 102327

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Cuiba - (cui)

Alternate Name(s): Kuiva

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Colombia

Also found in: Venezuela

Population: 750

Global Population: 1,400


PEID: 16243

ROP: 102327

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Cuiba of Colombia, numbering 750, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 1,400 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Cuiba. The primary religion practiced by the Cuiba is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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