• PEOPLE NAME: CUICATEC OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39076

ROP: 109959

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Mixtec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Cuicatlán, Tepeuxila, Tepeuxila; Cuicateco, Cuicateco, Cuicatec, Teutila, Oaxaca, Cuicatlan, Tepeuxila Cuicatec

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 16,000

Global Population: 16,000


PEID: 39076

ROP: 109959

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Cuicatec of Mexico, numbering 16,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mixtec 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 Cuicatec 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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