Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Zapotec

Language: San Vicente Coatlán Zapotec - (zpt)

Alternate Name(s): Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlan, Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán, Coatlán Zapotec, Southern Ejutla Zapotec, Coatlan Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán, Coatlán Zapotec; Southern Ejutla Zapotec; Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán, Southern Ejutla Zapoteco, Coatlán Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán, Southern Ejutla Zapotec

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 4,500

Global Population: 4,500

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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

Overview: The San Vicente Coatlan Zapotec of Mexico, numbering 4,500, 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 San Vicente Coatlán Zapotec. The primary religion practiced by the San Vicente Coatlan 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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