• PEOPLE NAME: AVA GUARANI OF ARGENTINA

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PEID: 50147

ROP: 102161

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Other Hispanic American

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Chiriguano, Eastern Bolivian Guarani

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Argentina

Also found in: Brazil; Paraguay

Population: 19,000

Global Population: 42,600


PEID: 50147

ROP: 102161

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Ava Guarani of Argentina, numbering 19,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Hispanic American people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 42,600 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Ava Guarani 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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