• PEOPLE NAME: NARAGUTA OF NIGERIA

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PEID: 14012

ROP: 107091

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Benue

Language: Iguta - (nar)

Alternate Name(s): Iguta, Naragutawa, Anaguta

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 12,000

Global Population: 12,000


PEID: 14012

ROP: 107091

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Naraguta of Nigeria, numbering 12,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Benue people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Iguta. The primary religion practiced by the Naraguta is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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