• PEOPLE NAME: WESTERN TARAHUMARA OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Aztec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Baja Tarahumara; Ralámuli de la Baja Tarahumara; Rarámuri; Rocoroibo; Tarahumara del Poniente; Lowland Tarahumara

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in:

Population: 24,000

Global Population: 24,000


PEID: 24940

ROP: 110804

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Western Tarahumara of Mexico, numbering 24,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Aztec people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mexico. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Western Tarahumara 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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