• PEOPLE NAME: VALLEY OTOMI OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39244

ROP: 106580

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Otomi

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Temoaya Otomi, Mexico State Otomi, Mezquital Otomi, Tilapa Otomi, Querétaro Otomi, Otomí del Valle del Mezquital, Hñahñu, Otomí del Valle del Mezquital

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 507,000

Global Population: 557,500


PEID: 39244

ROP: 106580

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Valley Otomi of Mexico, numbering 507,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Otomi people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 557,500 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Valley Otomi is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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