• PEOPLE NAME: PAPANTLA TOTONAC OF MEXICO

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PEID: 39252

ROP: 105888

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Totonaco de Papantla, Lowland Totonaca

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 94,000

Global Population: 94,000


PEID: 39252

ROP: 105888

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Papantla Totonac of Mexico, numbering 94,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Central American Indigenous 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 Papantla Totonac 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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