• PEOPLE NAME: SANTO DOMINGO ALBARRADAS ZAPOTEC OF MEXICO

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By Duane Frasier

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PEID: 39171

ROP: 108683

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec - (zas)

Alternate Name(s): Albarradas Zapotec; Zapoteco de Santo Domingo Albarradas, Albarradas, Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo Zapoteco, Albarradas Zapotec, Zapoteco de Valles, Zapoteco de Santo Domingo Albarradas, Albarradas Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santo Domingo Albarradas, del noreste, Albarradas Zapotec

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 6,800

Global Population: 6,800


PEID: 39171

ROP: 108683

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 6,800, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Zapotec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec. The primary religion practiced by the Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec 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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