• PEOPLE NAME: TLACOLULA VALLEY ZAPOTEC OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): East Central Tlacolula Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Zapotec, Didxsaj, Zapoteco de San Pablo Güilá, East Valley Zapotec, (zab)San Juan Guelavía, (ztu)Güilá. AltNames: Guelavía, Zapoteco de San Pablo Güilá, Guelavía, Western Tlacolula Zapotec, (zaw)Mitla, East Valley Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Juan, Didxsaj, Zapoteco de San Dionisio Ocotepec, Zapoteco de San Dionisio Ocotepec, East Central Tlacolula Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Juan

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 106,000

Global Population: 116,500


PEID: 39203

ROP: 110807

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Tlacolula Valley Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 106,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Zapotec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 116,500 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Tlacolula Valley Zapotec is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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