• PEOPLE NAME: CACALOXTEPEC MIXTEC OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39107

ROP: 103884

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Mixtec

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Huajuapan Mixtec, Mixteco de Cacaloxtepec, Huajuapan Mixtec; Mixteco de Cacaloxtepec

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 750

Global Population: 750


PEID: 39107

ROP: 103884

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Cacaloxtepec Mixtec of Mexico, numbering 750, are Engaged yet 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 Cacaloxtepec Mixtec is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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