• PEOPLE NAME: URARINA OF PERU

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PEID: 17601

ROP: 110421

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Urarina - (ura)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

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Population: 4,900

Global Population: 4,900


PEID: 17601

ROP: 110421

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Urarina of Peru, numbering 4,900, 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 Urarina. The primary religion practiced by the Urarina is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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