• PEOPLE NAME: HUAYLAS ANCASH QUECHUA OF PERU

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PEID: 17539

ROP: 103892

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Quechua

Language: Huaylas Ancash Quechua - (qwh)

Alternate Name(s): Huaraz Quechua

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Peru

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Population: 336,000

Global Population: 336,000


PEID: 17539

ROP: 103892

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Huaylas Ancash Quechua of Peru, numbering 336,000, 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 Huaylas Ancash Quechua. The primary religion practiced by the Huaylas 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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