• PEOPLE NAME: NORTHERN TEPEHUAN OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Tepehuan del Norte

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 17,000

Global Population: 17,000


PEID: 24944

ROP: 107464

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Northern Tepehuan of Mexico, numbering 17,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Northern Tepehuan 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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