• PEOPLE NAME: COCOPA OF MEXICO


PEID: 48663

ROP: 102250

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Cocopah, Kikimá, Kwikapá, Cucupá, Cocopá, Cocopá; Cocopah; Cucapá; Cucupá; Kikimá; Kwikapá, Cucapá

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 225

Global Population: 1,025


PEID: 48663

ROP: 102250

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Cocopa of Mexico, numbering 225, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 1,025 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Cocopa 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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