• PEOPLE NAME: WOUNAAN OF PANAMA

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PEID: 24859

ROP: 110724

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Woun Meu - (noa)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Panama

Also found in: Colombia

Population: 8,600

Global Population: 17,500


PEID: 24859

ROP: 110724

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Wounaan of Panama, numbering 8,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 17,500 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Woun Meu. The primary religion practiced by the Wounaan is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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