• PEOPLE NAME: COFAN OF ECUADOR

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PEID: 17465

ROP: 102254

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Cofán - (con)

Alternate Name(s): Cofán, Kofan, A'i, Kofane

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Ecuador

Also found in: Colombia

Population: 2,200

Global Population: 3,200


PEID: 17465

ROP: 102254

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Cofan of Ecuador, numbering 2,200, 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 3,200 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Cofán. The primary religion practiced by the Cofan is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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