• PEOPLE NAME: POPEI OF CHINA

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PEID: 7350

ROP: 114277

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Tibetan Peoples

People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese

Language: Lolopo - (ycl)

Alternate Name(s): Shui Yi

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: China

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Population: 6,800

Global Population: 6,800


PEID: 7350

ROP: 114277

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Popei of China, numbering 6,800, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Other Tibeto-Burmese people cluster within the Tibetan Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in China. Their primary language is Lolopo. The primary religion practiced by the Popei is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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