• PEOPLE NAME: CHIQUIAN ANCASH QUECHUA OF PERU

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PEID: 17521

ROP: 102155

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Quechua

Language: Spanish - (spa)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Peru

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Population: 36,000

Global Population: 36,000


PEID: 17521

ROP: 102155

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Chiquian Ancash Quechua of Peru, numbering 36,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Quechua people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Peru. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Chiquian Ancash Quechua 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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