• PEOPLE NAME: DOMINICANS OF HAITI

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Other Hispanic American

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Haiti

Also found in: Canada; Dominican Republic; French Guiana; Guadeloupe; United States

Population: 47,000

Global Population: 12,192,725


PEID: 16374

ROP: 102692

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Dominicans of Haiti, numbering 47,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Hispanic American people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 12,192,725 in 6 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Dominicans is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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