• PEOPLE NAME: YAUTEPEC ZAPOTEC OF MEXICO

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By Duane Frasier

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PEID: 39199

ROP: 107475

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Northwestern Yautepec Zapotec, Northwestern Yautepec Zapotec, Northwestern Yautepec Zapotec; Zapoteco de San Bartolo Yautepec, Zapoteco de San Bartolo Yautepec, Zapoteco de San Bartolo Yautepec

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 350

Global Population: 350


PEID: 39199

ROP: 107475

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Yautepec Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 350, 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 Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Yautepec 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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