• PEOPLE NAME: COATLAN MIXE OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39097

ROP: 109495

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Mixe

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Camotlán Mixe, Southeastern Mixe, Southern Mixe, Camotlan Mixe, Southeastern Mixe; Coatlán Mixe; Camotlán Mixe, Coatlán Mixe

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 9,100

Global Population: 9,100


PEID: 39097

ROP: 109495

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Coatlan Mixe of Mexico, numbering 9,100, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mixe people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Coatlan Mixe 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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