• PEOPLE NAME: WAYUU OF COLOMBIA

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PEID: 22298

ROP: 103496

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Wayuu - (guc)

Alternate Name(s): Goajiro, Guajiro, Guajira, Guajira, Guajiro

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Colombia

Also found in: Venezuela

Population: 206,000

Global Population: 422,000


PEID: 22298

ROP: 103496

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Wayuu of Colombia, numbering 206,000, 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 422,000 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Wayuu. The primary religion practiced by the Wayuu is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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