• PEOPLE NAME: CHICHIMECA-JONAZ OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Meco, Meco, Pame de Chichimeca-Jonaz, Meco; Pame de Chichimeca-Jonaz, Pame de Chichimeca-Jonaz

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in:

Population: 5,900

Global Population: 5,900


PEID: 24948

ROP: 104297

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Chichimeca-Jonaz of Mexico, numbering 5,900, are Engaged yet 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 Chichimeca-Jonaz is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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