• PEOPLE NAME: CAPANAHUA OF PERU

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PEID: 17511

ROP: 101876

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Capanahua - (kaq)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

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Population: 375

Global Population: 375


PEID: 17511

ROP: 101876

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Capanahua of Peru, numbering 375, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Peru. Their primary language is Capanahua. The primary religion practiced by the Capanahua is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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