• PEOPLE NAME: CENTRAL MAZAHUA OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Otomi

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Mazahua Central, Central Mazahua

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in:

Population: 271,000

Global Population: 271,000


PEID: 33552

ROP: 106447

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Central Mazahua of Mexico, numbering 271,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Otomi 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 Central Mazahua 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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