• PEOPLE NAME: CHOL OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Maya

Language: Chol - (ctu)

Alternate Name(s): Ch'ol de Sabanilla, Ch'ol de Sabanilla, Ch'ol de Sabanilla; Tumbalá Chol; Tila Chol, Tila Chol, Tumbalá Chol

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

Also found in: United States

Population: 373,000

Global Population: 410,500


PEID: 39060

ROP: 117159

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Chol of Mexico, numbering 373,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maya people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 410,500 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Chol. The primary religion practiced by the Chol 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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