• PEOPLE NAME: PISAFLORES TEPEHUA OF MEXICO

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Central American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Pisaflores Tepehua

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Mexico

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Population: 2,800

Global Population: 2,800


PEID: 48651

ROP: 108056

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Pisaflores Tepehua of Mexico, numbering 2,800, 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 Pisaflores Tepehua 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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